2-time Olympic Champion Mayer To Open Downhill Training
Feb 2, 2022, 10:47 AM
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BEIJING (AP) — Austrian skier Matthias Mayer will be the first athlete to test the downhill course at the Beijing Olympics after drawing the No. 1 bib for Thursday’s first official training session.
Mayer is aiming for his third gold medal in as many Olympics.
He won the downhill in 2014 and the super-G in 2018.
Austrian skier Matthias Mayer will be the first athlete to test the downhill course at the Beijing Olympics after drawing the No. 1 bib for Thursday’s official training session.https://t.co/xK8Y69bcbW
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) February 2, 2022
His father was a silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988.
No active racers have been on the course because test events were canceled over the last two years amid the pandemic. There are 56 skiers on the start list.
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