Beijing 2022, Mayer wins Super G and makes history

Matthias Mayer in history, also wins the Super G in Beijing 2022. The Austrian is the first skier to win gold in alpine skiing in three consecutive Olympics. Yet another bitter day for Italy at the Olympic Games with Matteo Marsaglia 18th, Dominik Paris 21st and Christof Innerhofer still out. The Austrian Mayer wins, the first man to win three gold medals in as many Olympic editions. Matthias Mayer therefore also took home the gold medal of the men’s supergiant on the ‘The Rock’ track in Yanqing, entering the legend, proving to be very fast and brushing perfect lines to close with a time of 1’19 ”94. For Mayer this is the second consecutive victory in the Olympic Super G, after PyeongChang 2018, and the third victory in as many five-circle events, also considering the gold in the 2014 Sochi descent, becoming the first man in history to succeed in the feat. Behind the 31-year-old Carinthian was placed the American Ryan Cochran-Siegle, only four hundredths behind: for him it is the first Olympic medal in his career. First affirmation at the Olympics also for the Norwegian Alexander Aamodt Kilde, who arrived 42 cents from the first position, earning the bronze.