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Jansrud and Streitberger share WCup downhill win
28 February 2014 года
Jansrud and Streitberger share WCup downhill win
Olympic super-G champion Kjetil Jansrud mastered difficult racing conditions on his favorite home slope Friday to share a World Cup downhill win with Austrian rival Georg Streitberger.

With poor visibility due to rain and fog, Jansrud and Streitberger clocked 1 minute, 5.72 seconds.

It was a second career World Cup win for Jansrud, who took gold in the super-G and earned a bronze in downhill at the Sochi Olympics. For the 32-year-old Streitberger, who had only one previous podium finish, it was a first victory.

American skier Travis Ganong finished .12 behind in third for his first podium finish, continuing his good late-season form after an impressive fifth-place finish in the downhill at the Olympics. His previous best in a World Cup race was seventh place, twice.

"I'm obviously happy we raced today. It was foggy with pretty soft snow, but the conditions were really challenging," the 25-year-old Ganong said. "It was a World Cup caliber race, the terrain was bumpy and the snow was variable. You had to push and ski well to win."

Erik Guay of Canada was fourth, .23 behind.

The last time two men shared a win was in December 2012, when Dominik Paris of Italy and Hannes Reichelt of Austria beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway by .01.

In women's racing, there was tie at the Olympics with Tina Maze of Slovenia sharing the women's downhill gold medal with Dominique Gisin of Switzerland.

Jansrud now has 13 career podiums, four of those in Kvitfjell.

Two years ago, the 28-year-old Norwegian was on the podium for three straight days: winning a super-G race, finishing second in downhill and third in another super-G. He could repeat that hat trick this year, with a downhill set for Saturday and a super-G on Sunday.

Svindal finished fifth on Friday, .37 adrift, and was again upstaged by Jansrud.

Svindal is looking to bounce back from a disappointing Olympics, where the two-time overall World Cup champion finished fourth in the downhill, eighth in the super-combined and seventh in the super-G.

Source: sacbee.com


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