For the second time in three days, Beat Feuz has triumphed in the classic downhill ski race that he had unsuccessfully tried to win for a decade.
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The Swiss skier won this weekend's second men's World Cup downhill on the Streif course on Sunday, repeating his victory from two days earlier.
The back-to-back wins came after former world champion Feuz, who first raced here in 2010, had finished runner-up in the traditional race four times in the past five seasons.
"It's very special. Two wins in Kitzbuhel this week, that's incredible, and an incredibly nice feeling," Feuz said.
No Swiss skier had won Austria's signature ski race, and the most famous on the winter circuit, since Didier Cuche earned the last of his five victories here in 2012.
Sunday's race was interrupted for a few minutes because of flat light as low clouds moved in just before Feuz was set to start.
Not distracted by the additional waiting time, he excelled mainly in the bottom part of the course as he beat Johan Clarey by 0.17 seconds.
"The run was good, but I didn't think at the finish it could be enough," Feuz said.
The 40-year-old Frenchman Clarey, who was already the oldest downhiller to score a top-three result, became the oldest skier on a podium at any event in the 54-year history of the World Cup.
"I don't look back at results, I am just enjoying the way I am skiing again now," said Feuz, who has won the season-long downhill title the past three seasons.
The race in the Austrian Alps is the marquee event on the men's World Cup calendar and usually attended by up to 50,000 spectators, though no fans were allowed this year amid tight anti-coronavirus measures.
Australian Associated Press
