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Svindal triumphs in downhill

Xinhua, December 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal claimed his second World Cup title in two days as he took the downhill race ahead of Frenchman Guillermo Fayed and another Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud.

Svindal also won Friday's super-G, beating Jansrud and Norwegian Aleksander Kilde.

This was Svindal's fifth World Cup win of the season and his third in the downhill. Endi