At 64, he still cuts an imposing, silver-haired figure, resplendent in green lederhosen and bright red socks at the Austria House where the Alpine nation makes its Olympic hangout. In his pomp, Klammer was renowned for the fearless abandon with which he flew down the slopes. the air with arms flailing and skis askew, but he always righted. The route to victory, he said, would be "not making mistakes, not missing a gate, not missing a turn. Klammer's gold-medal-winning downhill run at the 1976 Innsbruck. So you have to be smooth and still let it run." I count at least three times where Franz Klammer looks like he’s going to wipe out hard, nearly hitting. Here it's easier, it's more grinding, you don't have the advantage when you have guts and when you really attack it. VIDEO: Franz Klammer's Iconic 1976 Downhill Run (Chaotic) Is this the greatest downhill run of all time I don’t know, I don’t watch a ton of alpine racing (I’m more of a Freeride fan myself), but it’s certainly a pretty wild ride. Sports commentators Frank Gifford and Bob Beattie provide a retrospective of Franz Klammers (Austria) gold medal run in mens downhill skiing in the 1976. He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. In 1974, he took house International Championship gold in mixed at St. A season previous in 1974-75, he gained an unparalleled 8 International Cup downhills. In 19 he was the best downhill skier in the world. The Austrian nation would accept nothing short of a Gold as they hosted the World. The downhill was to be run down the face of Patscherkofel, one of the premier downhill tracks in the world.
Klammer dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons ( 1975 78 ). Klammer got here into the 1976 Olympics with 3 immediately International Cup downhill wins and back-to-back Hahnenkamm titles. In the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, the stakes rose. "The downhill in Sochi was very, very good for him because it was steep, it was rough and at that time he was the best in those conditions. Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. No man has won back-to-back Olympic downhill golds and the Austrian said conditions here would suit Mayer less than they did four years ago. But he always makes some mistakes, so when he can avoid mistakes he will be up there and he could defend his title," Klammer told Reuters in an interview on the eve of the Olympic race. He also rates the chances of his countryman Matthias Mayer winning a second successive downhill gold - although with one important caveat.
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