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Vincent Kriechmayr wins downhill at world championships by smallest margin in history

Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr won the downhill by one hundredth of a second to become the first man to sweep the speed races at a world Alpine skiing championships since Bode Miller in 2005.

Kriechmayr edged surprise German Andreas Sander by the slimmest possible margin for his second gold in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

“I didn’t expect it to win after crossing the finish line,” he said.

Kriechmayr, who entered worlds with the most World Cup wins of active male skiers without an Olympic or world title, won the super-G by .