Reichelt wins World Cup downhill

Hannes Reichelt, of Austria, has claimed the downhill World Cup event in Wengen, seeing off Swiss pair Beat Feuz and Carlo Janka.

Austria's Hannes Reichelt claimed Sunday's downhill at Wengen on the Lauberhorn slope - the longest downhill on the World Cup calendar.

The 34-year-old covered the 4422 metre run in 2min 36.14 seconds to see off Swiss duo and previous Wengen winners Beat Feuz and Carlo Janka.

Feuz finished 12 hundredths of a second adrift with Janka, who won Friday's super-combined, 14 hundredeths away.

Kjetil Jansrud, the leader of the overall World Cup standings, took fifth.

Reichelt was adding this to his win in the super-G at Beaver Creek in December to take his career World Cup win tally to nine.


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