Swiss veteran claims surprise downhill win

Didier Defago ended 22 years of Swiss downhill heartache by scoring a surprise victory in the delayed blue riband event of the Winter Games at Whistler today.

Despite holding only one podium finish on the World Cup circuit this season, Defago out-shone his fancied team-mates Didier Cuche and Carlo Janka to become the first Swiss champion since Pirmin Zurbriggen in Calgary in 1988.