Reichelt wins Garmisch downhill as Austria on top again

Reichelt wins Garmisch downhill as Austria on top again

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN (GERMANY) - Hannes Reichelt headed an all-Austrian podium for the second week running in Saturday's shortened men's downhill at a foggy Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Austria's Hannes Reichelt celebrates during the winner's ceremony after winning the Alpine Ski World men's downhill event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany on February 28, 2015

Reichelt topped the times in training for this latest leg of the men's alpine skiing World Cup season, and he used his speed on the German slope to good effect, posting a time of 1min 11.90sec.

His compatriots Romed Bauman (at one hundredths of a second) and Olympic champion Matthias Mayer (23 hundredths) crossed in second and third.

Mayer had led an Austrian 1-2-3 in last week's downhill, adding the super-G at Saalbach 24 hours later.

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