US EditionItaly's Paris Claims First Win of Season in World Cup Downhill Finale
Dominik Paris secured his 20th career downhill win and became a five-time Kvitfjell winner by finishing 0.19 seconds ahead of Olympic champion Franjo von Allmen.
- On Saturday, Italian veteran Dominik Paris beat Olympic champion Franjo von Allmen to win the men's downhill at the World Cup finals in Kvitfjell on the Olympiabakken course.
- Marco Odermatt had already secured the season's overall title and downhill title last week after multiple wins, including back-to-back victories opening the downhill campaign.
- Paris, now a five-time Kvitfjell winner, showed strength on the Olympiabakken course as Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr finished third, 0.60 behind, and Cameron Alexander, North Vancouver, B.C., was 12th, 1.32 behind.
- The victory moved Paris into outright second on the all-time downhill winners list, ahead of Peter Müller, and it was his first win of the season, boosting him to third in the standings.
- At the finals, attention now turns to the giant slalom on Tuesday, with the men's super-G on Sunday and Odermatt positioned to contend for the title.
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Paris wins last downhill of World Cup season in Norway, week after Odermatt locked up discipline title
Italian veteran Dominik Paris beat Olympic champion Franjo von Allmen on Saturday to win the men's downhill at the World Cup finals, a week after Marco Odermatt had locked up the season title in the discipline.
Paris wins the free descent to the World Cup finals in Lillehammer: for blue it is the 25th career success, and finishes third in the specialty standings. Battuti the Olympic champion Von Allmen and Kriechmayr
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Italy's Paris claims first win of season in World Cup downhill finale
The best alpine skiers in downhill only had to wait for the conclusion of the World Cup in Kvitfjell, Norway. In the official training, the fastest of all was Slovenian Miha Hrobat, who also opened the last downhill of the season and did his job very well. He finished his last performance in an excellent fifth place. The Italian veteran Dominik Paris won overwhelmingly. The exceptional Swiss Marco Odermatt was also behind Hrobat. Martin Čater, w…
The Upper Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr finished third behind South Tyrolean Paris and Olympic champion Von Allmen at the World Cup final in Kvitfjell.
Domme also climbs on the third step of the podium of the best speedsters of the season (ANSA)
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