23 year old Matthias Mayer of Austria pulls out the fastest time and claims the gold .
Austria had never finished higher than 5th in a downhill and was thought to only have a chance to medal at the next Olympics .
23 year old Matthias Mayer of Austria , who had never finished higher than 5th in a downhill and was thought to only have a chance to medal at the next Olympics , pulls out the fastest time and claims the gold .