Medal ceremony: Eriks biggest coup

For the first time at the medal plaza "O Canada" was played. Erik Guay (CAN), Didier Cuche (SUI) and Christof Innerhofer (ITA) got their medals for the Men's Downhill.

The 2011 the Downhill World Champion comes from Canada. After John Kucera 2009 in Val d'Isère, Erik Guay defeats the title in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for his home country. Guay won 32 hundreths of a second ahead of Didier Cuche from Switzerland and 76 hundreths of a second ahead of the Super-G World Champion Christof Innerhofer from Italy.

Minimum time with a great run

Innerhofer started with bib number nine and set the fastest run. But not for long. Bib number ten Erik Guay showed a perfect run from the middle part of the course and finished 76 hundreths ahead of Innerhofer. The time set by Guay wasn't at risk of being beaten until Didier Cuche started with bib number 18. He was in front at the start of the course but lost time in the last part. At this time Guay was cheering with his service team in the leader's box.

"On top of my to do list"

At this time the Canadian may have guessed that nobody would beat his time. After the race he was more than lucky: "This title was on top of my personal to do list. Thanks to all, who supported me. We're going to party tonight!" Didier Cuche was also happy about his silver medal: "For me it was a won second place and not a lost win." Christof Innerhofer felt lucky about his second medal. "I am having a great time here. It is my second medal in three days, before it this took me two years" the Italian said.

Challenging slope

The slope on the Kandahar was in a good condition, despite of the warm temperature. At bib number 20 the Austrian skier Romed Baumann finished fourth place. Aksel Lund Svindal had a deficit of 1,42 seconds. He crashed in the finished area. "The course was quite arduous. I had a very long long jump so I had no more energy at the end and couldn't decelerate in time" so the Norvegian. The winner of the practice Adrien Theaux crashed after a few seconds of his run. Bode Miller had a defict of 2,42 seconds and finished 15th.

Results Men's Downhill:

1. Erik GUAY (CAN)
2. Didier CUCHE (SUI)
3. Christof INNERHOFER (ITA)
4. Romed BAUMANN (AUT)
5. Aksel Lund SVINDAL (NOR)
6. Andrej SPORN (SLO)

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

 

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