Johannes Strolz replicates father`s feat by winning Alpine combined gold
Baku, February 10, AZERTAC
Johannes Strolz has won Alpine combined gold at the Winter Olympics, replicating his father who did the same back in 1988, according to Eurosport.
Strolz caused an upset with his first-ever World Cup victory in Adelboden on January 9, but he has followed that up with a stunning gold medal on the biggest stage.
After being the fourth quickest in the downhill in a time of 1:43.87, the Austrian's time of 47.56 in the slalom saw him produce an overall result of 2:31.43.
It was enough to seal Austria's third Olympic gold medal in Beijing and their second in Alpine, with Matthias Mayer winning the super-G.
Johannes and Hubert become the first parent and child to win the same individual event at the winter Games.
Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, the hot favourite to win the gold going into the Alpine combined, finished in an overall time of 2:32.02 to claim silver, adding to his bronze in the super-G.
Canada's James Crawford claimed his first Olympic medal after finishing third in a time of 2:32.11. He becomes the fourth Canadian men's skier to win an Alpine medal at Beijing.
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