Five downhills in one season. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the Hahnenkamm downhill on Saturday by 0.67 seconds from Johan Clarey. It was his fifth downhill win of the season. The last man to win five downhills in a season was Stephan Eberharter in 2001/02.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksander Aamodt KildeNOR | NOR | — |
| 2 | Johan ClareyFRA | FRA | +0.67 |
| 3 | Travis GanongUSA | USA | +0.95 |
| 16 | Beat FeuzSUI | SUI | approx. +2.00 |
Conditions
There was cloud and light snowfall, with fresh snow lying on the track. On the Streif that makes it harder to read the snow and to judge how hard you can push the skis. Kilde made it look normal. It was his seventh win of the season, matching his total from last winter, and his second Kitzbühel downhill.
Clarey turned 42 this month. Second place makes him the oldest skier to stand on a World Cup podium in the sport’s 56 seasons.
Marco Odermatt did not start. He was resting a left knee after a near-crash in Friday’s downhill. He still leads the overall by 225 points over Kilde.
Feuz: the numbers
Beat Feuz finished 16th, about two seconds back, and stopped there. He had announced weeks earlier that Wengen and Kitzbühel would be his last races.
- 16 World Cup wins, 13 of them downhills.
- 47 World Cup downhill podiums, a men’s record.
- Four consecutive downhill globes, 2017/18 to 2020/21.
- Olympic downhill gold, Beijing 2022. Super-G silver and downhill bronze, PyeongChang 2018.
- Downhill world champion, St. Moritz 2017.
- Kitzbühel: 28 starts, three downhill wins, five seconds, one third. His last three World Cup downhill wins all came on the Streif.
The Streif rewards line choice and patience on the flats more than raw aggression. Feuz’s record there is nine podiums from 28 starts.
Matthias Mayer has also already retired this winter. The downhill field loses two Olympic champions in one winter.