Botched descent
Kriechmayr gives colleague Feller a mammoth task
Austria's dream team had probably imagined things differently. Vincent Kriechmayr crossed the finish line 1.31 seconds behind the leading Swiss Alexis Monney in the downhill of the World Championships men's team combination on Wednesday. For a medal, he will need a demonstration of power from his colleague Manuel Feller.
In poor visibility, Kriechmayr lost eight tenths in the middle section and by the time he reached the finish line, the gap had increased to over a second.
"I'm sorry for Felli"
"It didn't go well for me," analyzed the Upper Austrian in the ORF interview. "It wasn't the run I had planned. I'm sorry for Felli, of course I didn't do him any favors. I just didn't get into the driving."
It was Kriechmayr's last World Championship appearance in Saalbach, the 33-year-old is traveling home with downhill silver in his luggage. "I didn't manage the finish, that hurts a bit, but otherwise I'm very happy," he concluded.
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