Beat Feuz wins on the Birds of Prey

The infamous Birds of Prey downhill saw Switzerland's Beat Feuz take the win by a very small margin over his fellow countryman Mauro Caviezel and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal.

After the program of both speed races was changed, anticipating the overnight snowfall going into Saturday, the best downhillers of the World tackled the Beaver Creek race course.

The downhill globe winner of the 2017/18 season was able to lay down the fastest time, carrying the speed from the steep sections all the way down to the finish line. Feuz knew that with a lowered start, excluding the flat section on top, he'd have better chances to win in Beaver Creek and he seized that chance to earn his first title on the Birds of Prey.

Caviezel surprised the crowd again with the second fastest run of the day. Less than one week after scoring his second podium in career in Lake Louise, the Swiss racer added another podium to his collection. The last double win for Switzerland in downhill goes back to 2011, when Didier Defago won in Bormio ahead of Patrick Küng.

In third position, Svindal claimed his 78 podium in career, the 14th in Beaver Creek. The downhill Olympic champion had a hand surgery less than two weeks ago, but nothing that prevented him to be among the fastest today.

Unfortunately, three athletes crashed during today's downhill. While Peter Fill and Marko Vukicevic were able to ski to the finish area by themselves, Thomas Dressen from Germany had to be transported to the Vail Hospital for further examinations.

Tomorrow, a super-G will be held in Beaver Creek, starting at 11:00. The event will be followed by a giant slalom on Sunday.

Results are available here: Beaver Creek DH

Quotes of the winners are available here: Beaver Creek DH