James Crawford, a Canadian skier, achieved a historic victory at the Kitzbuehel World Cup downhill, becoming the first Canadian to win the prestigious race in 42 years. Crawford overtook Alexis Monney, who had initially taken the lead, by a narrow margin of 0.08 seconds. His teammate Cameron Alexander secured third place, marking the first time two Canadians have shared a World Cup downhill podium since 2012.
Canada 's James Crawford reacts after completing an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill in Kitzbühel on Jan. 25.James Crawford became the first Canadian skier in 42 years to win the prestigious World Cup downhill on the Streif course, sharing the podium with his third-placed teammate Cameron Alexander on Saturday.
The Swiss skier took an early lead as the fourth starter and looked set for his second career victory, weeks after triumphing in Bormio on the downhill course to be used for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics. Alexander also finished third in that race. “I’ve shown speed in downhill before and feel like I’ve been trying to get back to top speed for a while,” Crawford told Austrian TV. “I don’t have words that can describe the emotions. It’s just incredible and to do it in Kitzbuehel is even better.”
The impressive result for the Canadian team came 10 days before the start of the world championships at another Austrian resort, Saalbach-Hinterglemm. Crawford in super-G and Alexander, who took bronze in downhill, won medals at the worlds in France two years ago.
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