Austria's Mayer defends men's super-G gold as Canada's Crawford falls short of podium
Austrian finished with a time of 1:21.57, ahead of all four Canadians
Matthias Mayer took the gold medal in Tuesday's men's super-G final, becoming the first Austrian skier in Olympic history to win at three consecutive Winter Games.
The 31-year-old won downhill at Sochi 2014 and super-G at PyeongChang 2018. With aggressive skiing from out of the starthouse, Mayer's high line powered him to the win.
Meanwhile, for Canadian Jack Crawford, finishing fourth in Monday's downhill may not have been the best preparation for the super-G, which is traditionally his stronger event.
Crawford, a 24-year-old from Toronto, was second at points during his run but finished sixth, topping the Canadian contingent in the event.
"Maybe a little bit too much wanting to win today," Crawford told CBC Sports' Kelly Vanderbeek. "Coming in today, I was just looking to do a little bit better, so I think for me, it was a little bit overboard. I'm still super happy with my skiing and today, I took my chance. It wasn't my day again, but I've got a couple more Olympics in me."
WATCH | Toronto's Jack Crawford skis within a second of the super-G podium:
Skiing at his second Olympic Games, the 24-year-old became the first Canadian since Erik Guay at Vancouver 2010 to finish top 10 in both speed events, highlighting a bright group of Canadian skiers.
Skiing to silver, Ryan Cochran-Siegle captured the first American medal since Sochi 2014, finishing 0.04 seconds behind Mayer. After becoming the first American to win a World Cup super-G since Bode Miller in 2006, the 29-year-old continued the United States' success in Olympic alpine skiing.
"I was trusting everything I've been through, and knowing I'm a good skier and knowing that there are so many good skiers here," Cochran-Seigle said. "So to come here, you have to put it on the line, and I think I came out with risk and aggression and channeled all of that inside myself too and I think it ended up as a pretty cool day."
Banff, Alta., native Trevor Philp skied to a personal Olympic-best result of 10th, putting him in a strong position ahead of slalom and giant slalom, disciplines where he specializes.
Whistler, B.C., native Broderick Thompson and North Vancouver's Brodie Seger skied out of gates on the "Bing Dwen Dwen," jump and were disqualified.
