Aleksander Aamodt Kilde gets revenge by beating Switzerland's Marco Odermatt in Wengen downhill
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ByEurosport
Updated 14/01/2022 at 14:27 GMT
Beat Feuz was in the lead for almost half an hour and looked like the 34-year-old stood a genuine chance of securing his fourth victory on the descent of the Lauberhorn, but he was eventually overtaken by Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and rising star Marco Odermatt in thrilling World Cup action in Switzerland.
‘Vikings there again!’ - Kilde stars in Wengen downhill
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde beat Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt in the Wengen downhill on Friday to climb top of the classification standings.
Kilde raced down the course in 1:42.42, beating Odermatt by 0.19 seconds.
It was still a fine run form Odermatt, who was making his maiden World Cup appearance on the Lauberhorn, but it was revenge for the Norwegian who finished second to the 24-year-old in the super-G on Thursday.
Switzerland’s Beat Feuz came third.
Kilde has moved to the top of the downhill World Cup standings on 269 points, 12 ahead of Austrian Matthias Mayer and 13 ahead of Italian Dominik Paris.
Switzerland’s Carlo Janka, who will retire after Saturday’s second downhill for health reasons, came 11th. Janka won the overall World Cup and giant slalom Olympic title in 2010.
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