The Men's downhill competition at the
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 were held from 4 to 17 February 2019 in Åre, Sweden. The host city was selected at the FIS Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on 5 June 2014. The only other applicant was Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which ...
was held on Saturday, 9 February.
[Start list]
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In the final event of his international career, Aksel Lund Svindal
Aksel Lund Svindal (born 26 December 1982) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer.
Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion (2007 and 2009), an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 20 ...
won the silver medal, two-hundredths of a second behind compatriot and training partner Kjetil Jansrud
Kjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He competed in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event was the giant slalom where he has six World Cup podiums and a ...
.elevation
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of above sea level
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. Jansrud's winning time of 79.98 seconds yielded an average speed of and an average vertical descent rate of .[
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Results
Delayed an hour due to weather, the race started at 13:30 CET
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''(UTC+1)'' under mostly cloudy skies.[Final results]
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Snowing during the race, its start was lowered to the super-G
Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...
start, shortening the length by to .[ The air temperature was at the starting gate and at the finish.][
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Men's downhill
2019
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