Austrian tyro tops father

Risk-taking Austrian tyro Matthias Mayer overcame a poor upper section to storm to Olympic gold in the marquee event of the men's downhill on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Mayer, who has never won a major international downhill, bettered his father Helmut's silver-medal showing in the super-G at the Calgary Games in 1998.

"Of course it means a lot to me," an emotional Mayer said. "It's really difficult to go down the track without mistakes."