Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Matthias Mayer made Olympic history on Tuesday, becoming the first man to win alpine skiing gold in three Olympics as he took first place in the men's super-G event in Beijing with American Ryan Cochran-Siegle taking silver.
The 31-year-old Austrian took the top spot on the podium with a time of 1 minute 19.94 seconds down the giant slalom course known as The Rock at Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center.