Top Canadian Erik Guay (Mont-Tremblant, QC) finished in 14th place with a time of one minute 55.29. Guay finished in an impressive fifth place in yesterday’s super-G event. His best career result in a downhill event in Kitzbühel was a 5th place in 2006.

“I’m really happy with my result today, of course I wished I would have stayed in the top 10 but if you would have told me at the beginning of the week that I would have been 14, I would have taken it,” said Guay. 

“My result from yesterday really pumped me up, I was really happy with that race and I knew I could ski as well today. I feel like my skiing is really getting together and it is only going to improve. It is a really good sign for the weeks to come,” added Guay.

Switzerland’s Didier Cuche won his second event in as many days here in Kitzbühel as he also won the super-G event yesterday. He crossed the finish line with a time of 1:53.74. Last time a skier won both events in Kitzbühel was in 2007 with Jens Byggmark from Sweden.

The second place was secured by Andrej Sporn from Slovakia, 0,28 seconds behind Cuche. This is Sporn’s first career podium. The third place was taken by Italy’s Werner Heel with a time of 1:54.13.

Guay’s teammate Manuel Osborne-Paradis (Whistler, BC), who skied this course for the fourth time in his career, equaled his best career result by finishing 20th with a time of 1:55.51.

Osborne-Paradis is still ranked third overall in the downhill event with 235 points. Cuche is first with 396 points and Carlo Janka also from Switzerland is second with 308 points.

“I’m not really happy with my results, but at the same time I am not too worried about it. I am happy that I kept my third place in the overall ranking in the downhill event. I have three downhill races left on the World Cup circuit, one in Garmisch and two in Kvitjfell and those are two of my favorite places to race at. So I’m pretty pumped about that,” said Osborne-Paradis.

Ryan Semple (Mont-Tremblant, QC), who ripped the Streif course for the first time in his career, finished in 50th place with a time of 1:58.44.