Canada's James Crawford jumps during a men's World Cup downhill skiing race Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Beaver Creek, Colo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher
BEAVER CREEK VILLAGE, Colo. – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway won a second straight men’s downhill to start the World Cup season, and Canada’s James Crawford was third Saturday.
Toronto’s Crawford, 25, reached the World Cup podium in downhill for the first time in his career by finishing four-tenths of a second back of Kilde at Beaver Creek Resort.
Kilde put down a time of one minute 42.09 seconds ahead of runner-up Marco Odermatt of Switzerland in 1:42.15.
Crawford crossed the line in 1:42.88 just a hundredth of a second ahead of Austria’s Matthias Mayer in fourth.
Kilde opened defence of his World Cup downhill title by taking the season-opener in Lake Louise, Alta.
Friday’s downhill on the Birds Of Prey course was cancelled because of wind and snow. A super-G is scheduled for Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 3, 2022.
