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Cyprien Sarrazin seems unstoppable this season — the 29-year-old French won the second Downhill at Kitzbühel today, finishing almost a second ahead of Marco Odermatt. The Frenchman had not been on a World Cup podium for four years and has screamed back onto the World Cup stage this season with what is now four first places and two second places so far. Joining the French racer on the podium was Marco Odermatt from Switzerland, 0.95 seconds behind Sarrazin, and Italy’s Dominik Paris, 1.44 seconds behind Sarrazin.
Team USA showed some solid racing, with Ryan Cochran-Siegle in 16th place, 2.22 seconds behind Sarrazin, and Sam Morse in 17th place just 0.06 seconds behind his teammate. Bryce Bennett finished the day outside the top 30 that earn FIS points, in 39th place, while Wiley Maple finished in 42nd place. Jared Goldberg unfortunately recorded a DNF but was uninjured.
The best Canadian skier was Cameron Alexander who finished in 24th place, while teammates James Crawford and Brodie Seger were close behind in 27th place and 28th place respectively. Jeffrey Read also recorded a DNF.
The day at the famed Hahnenkamm race was also marked by retirements, as two legends ended their racing career today. Germany’s Thomas Dreßen, who won at the Streif in 2018 and has a total of five Downhill victories to his name, had announced his intention to retire just two days prior. A little more short notice was Christoph Neumayer, who announced his retirement after finishing today’s race on live TV, “The Streif was always one of my favorite racecourses and what could be nicer than retiring here with the best World Cup result I have ever had?” the 31-year old said in a post-race interview with Austrian ORF.
