Beat Feuz assuaged the absence through injury of Swiss teammate Lara Gut by storming to gold in the men's downhill at the World Ski Championships on Sunday to drive a raucous home crowd wild.
Feuz, a bronze medallist at the 2015 Beaver Creek worlds, timed 1min 38.91sec down the slightly shortened Corviglia course, its diabolical 'Free Fall' 45-degree opening kick-out cut over fears of fog that had seen the downhill postponed from Saturday.
"It's my best present, I couldn't dream of more!" beamed Feuz, who celebrated his 30th birthday Saturday.
"It's unbelievable: in Switzerland at the world championships and I win!"
Erik Guay missed out on following in the footsteps of Hermann Maier (1999) and Bode Miller (2005) by claiming a speed double by just 0.12sec, the Canadian however adding silver to the gold he won in Wednesday's super-G.
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