Nor Kilde won the traditional convention in Kitzbühel for the first time in his career

“It’s unbelievable. I don’t understand how fast I was here at once. It hasn’t happened to me yet. I felt like it was going fast for me,” Kilde rejoiced, who missed last year’s operation on broken knee ligaments. “I tried something with the skis in training, but it didn’t work very well. Today I went back to the old skis and it worked great,” he added.

Clarey returned to the podium after a year, the second was in Kitzbühel last year. “It’s unbelievable. I didn’t think I could do it again. I had a pretty good feeling yesterday (in training), but it was only halfway. I like this piste, I like the atmosphere here – it’s just that country of skiers, “praised the conditions in Kitzbühel, although the traditional stormy spectator scenery was limited to 1,000 fans this year due to the coronavirus.

Giezendanner won the podium for the first time in his career and pushed home favorite Matthias Mayer out of the medal position. He was 63 hundredths behind Kild, beating two-time Olympic champion Mayer by four hundredths. “I have no words at all. I have to go through this again in the afternoon. This is Kitzbühel – the biggest downhill race ever. I was so slow in Wengen, I lost four seconds there (at best),” said the surprising medalist.

Today, for security reasons, the organizers postponed the start from the traditional place a bit lower due to the strong wind. According to them, the race was shortened by about eight seconds compared to the usual track. Another congress will be on the agenda in Kitzbühel on Sunday. On Saturday, when the weather forecast reports heavy snowfall, it is time for a slalom at the Austrian resort.