JEONGSEON, South Korea (AP) — Making good use of the No. 1 starting bib before the wind whipped up, Thomas Dressen had the fastest downhill run Tuesday in the men's Olympic combined.
The German skier was 0.07 seconds faster than Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway in the opening race of the Alpine program at the Pyeongchang Games. Matthias Mayer of Austria, the 2014 Olympic champion in downhill, was 0.13 behind in third on a course shortened for safety reasons.
The world's best slalom skier, Marcel Hirscher, was well placed in 12th with only 1.32 seconds to make up in the Austrian's specialized discipline later in the afternoon.