The men's downhill competition of the

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was held on Monday, 7 February, at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in

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. Beat Feuz of Switzerland was the champion,

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of France was the silver medalist, and Matthias Mayer of Austria took the bronze. This was the first Olympic gold for Feuz and the first Olympic medal for Clarey. The men's downhill at the Olympics has yet to have a repeat champion. At the age of 41, Clarey became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The

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Olympic champion,

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, retired from competitive skiing. Prior to the Olympics, eight

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downhill events were held:

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. Vincent Kriechmayr was the reigning

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" course was in length, with a vertical drop of from a starting

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of above

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. Feuz had an average speed of and an average vertical descent rate of .

Schedule

The event was scheduled for Sunday, 6 February, but was postponed one day due to strong winds.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 12:00 local time, (

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+8). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard packed.

References

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