Matthias Mayer of Austria competes during the men's super giant slalom of Alpine Skiing at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea, on Feb. 16, 2018. Matthias Mayer won the gold medal in the time of 1:24.44. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)
PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Matthias Mayer of Austria claimed the gold medal in Alpine skiing men's super-G of PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games here on Friday.
"It was an awesome run. Now I have my second gold medal," Mayer said. "It is the most special."
After finishing ninth in downhill, where he won four years ago in Sochi, on Thursday, Mayer regrouped himself for the title with 1 minute and 24.44 seconds.
"I don't know what to say. It's just unbelievable. Four years ago I won the downhill and now today I'm Olympic champion in super-G. I have no words for that," Mayer said.
"It's always very tough especially when the races are in such short gap apart. We don't know the hills, that always makes us worry, especially in super-G because we only have little training and that makes this medal for me so special," he added.
Beat Feuz of Switzerland, downhill bronze medalist, bagged the silver of the event, 0.13 second adrift of Mayer.
Norway's Kjetil Jansrud was another 0.05 second further behind on third position.
Gold medalist Matthias Mayer of Austria (C), Silver medalist Beat Feuz of Switzerland (L) and bronze medalist Kjetil Jansrud of Norway pose for group photos after winning the men's super giant slalom of Alpine Skiing at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea, on Feb. 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)
