It caused a hip injury that left him little hope of retaining the Olympic downhill title he won at the 2014 Sochi Games. But on Friday, Mayer broke Norway's 16-year grip on the men's Olympic super-G title, winning an unexpected gold medal four years after unexpectedly winning the downhill. He missed the chance to extend Norway's winning run in men's Olympic super-G — a four-race streak that began at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Now Mayer has gone one better than his father in Olympic super-G. Helmut Mayer took silver when the event joined the Olympic program at the 1988 Calgary Games. Jansrud said he was "not overly disappointed" that Norway's super-G run ended on the day he got his fifth career Olympic medal.

Source: ABC News February 16, 2018 03:54 UTC