Schwarz had to be transported away by helicopter (FABRICE COFFRINI)
Cyprien Sarrazin surprisingly won the spectacular World Cup downhill on the icy Stelvio in Bormio, Italy. At the finish of the 3.6 kilometer long route, the 29-year-old Frenchman was just ahead of the Swiss double world champion Marco Odermatt, who missed his first World Cup victory in the supreme Alpine discipline by 0.09 seconds.
In a race with remarkably large time differences, World Cup third-place finisher Cameron Alexander from Canada finished third, 1.23 seconds behind the winner. The event was overshadowed by the serious fall of Marco Schwarz, Austria’s leader in the overall World Cup: he had to be transported away in a rescue helicopter and suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee. The season ended prematurely for him.
The best of the German team, which was missing Thomas Dreßen due to illness, was Andreas Sander, who started with number one. The 2021 World Cup runner-up was a respectable ninth for a long time, but was pushed out of the top 15 by runners with higher start numbers who benefited from better visibility. Co-favorite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde from Norway was eliminated, as was veteran Romed Baumann.
2023-12-29 00:49:32
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