2022 Olympic Downhill Odds: Who Will Be the Fastest Skier?

By: Eniko

Posted: January 28, 2022

Updated: January 28, 2022

2022 Winter Olympics starts next Friday, 4th of February
First alpine skiing medal will be given in men’s downhill on the 6th of February
Kilde and Feuz fight for the title in the men’s, Sofia Goggia can win the women’s event

The 2022 Winter Olympics will start next Friday, on the 4th of February in Beijing. The first alpine skiing gold medal will be awarded in the men's downhill event on the 6th of February. The 2022 Olympic downhill odds expect a tight race in the event between Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Beat Feuz. While Sofia Goggia is a big favorite in the women's competition. The men's downhill competition will be the first alpine skiing medal event in the 2022 Olympics held at the Xiaohaituo Alpine Skiing Field in Yanqing District. Though the defending champion, Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal has already retired from the sport, we can still see the best skiers in the field. Like another great Norwegian skier, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, the current leader of the World Cup. His chaser, Beat Feuz, the 2014 Olympic champion, Matthias Mayer, and the current downhill world champion, Vincent Kriechmayr. The women's downhill race will be held on the 15th of February. The defending champion, Sofia Goggia has been the huge favorite to win in Beijing too. But her appearance is at risk now after her crash last week. Lara Gut-Behrami and world champion Corinne Suter can challenge for the gold in her possible absence.

2022 Olympic Downhill Odds Expect Tight Race In Men's Event

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde leads this year's Downhill World Cup after winning three races in the season besides two top-five finishes. The 29-year-old won the Overall World Cup title in 2020 and the Super-G World Cup title in 2016. He missed last year's world championships due to an injury. And he only finished 15th in downhill in the previous Olympics at Pyeongchang. But following his great form this season, Kilde is one of the top favorites to win the gold medal with the odds of 4.00. Online sportsbooks in Switzerland offer the same odds for the victory of their favorite, Beat Feuz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb3yS-L2v-g The Swiss skier is currently second in the World Cup just 8 points behind Kilde. The four-time World Cup champion of the event won the last race in Kitzbuhel. Plus he finished third in three more races this season. Feuz also won the bronze medal in the last Games four years ago. But he can get an even better result now according to the 2022 Olympic downhill odds. The Austrian pair of Matthias Mayer and Vincent Kriechmayr can also fight for the gold in Beijing. Mayer won the event in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. He also stands in third place in the current World Cup. While his compatriot, Kriechmayr won the downhill gold in the last world championships. Their odds to win next weekend are 7.00 and 10.00 on 22Bet.

Goggia Can Defend Her Title in Women's Downhill

Sofia Goggia is the defending women's downhill Olympic champion and the biggest favorite to win again in Beijing. The Italian has won four out of five races this season and leads the world cup with a massive difference. But she suffered several injuries in a crash last weekend which will affect her schedule in the Olympics. The Super-G silver medalist from the 2019 world championships is likely to miss that event. But she hopes to recover in time for the downhill race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCO4-55hsc Where Swiss skiers, Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suiter can be her biggest rivals. Online gambling sites in Switzerland offer the odds of 7.40 for Gut-Behrami's and 9.90 for Suiter's win. Giant slalom and Super-G might be stronger disciplines for Gut-Behrami who is the current world champion in both. But she also won a bronze in downhill last year. While Suiter won the gold in the world championship last year and stands fourth place in the downhill world cup. Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer can also be a surprise winner after her strong performance this season. With bookmakers offering the odds of 12.00 for her victory.