Kitt Loses Pole, Finishes Fourth to Heinzer
From Staff and Wire Reports
World champion Franz Heinzer of Switzerland won the second men’s World Cup downhill of the season, edging Austrian Leonard Stock by 27-hundredths of a second Saturday at Valgardena, Italy.
Heinzer was timed in 2:00.17 down the 3,446-meter Saslong track.
AJ Kitt, whose victory last week in France was the first by a U.S. downhiller since 1984, lost a pole during his run and finished fourth, 61-hundredths of a second behind the winner.
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