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December 29, 2018

Italy’s Paris completes Bormio double with Super-G win

Italy’s Paris completes Bormio double with Super-G win

Italy’s Dominik Paris competes in the FIS Alpine World Cup Men Super G on December 29, 2018 in Bormio, Italian Alps. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)

Italy’s Dominik Paris snatched victory in the men’s World Cup Super-G on Saturday in Bormio to follow his downhill success on home snow just 24 hours earlier.

Italy’s Dominik Paris competes in the FIS Alpine World Cup Men Super G on December 29, 2018 in Bormio, Italian Alps. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)

The 29-year-old clocked 1min 29.95sec down the icy Stelvio piste in the Italian Alps to edge Austria’s Matthias Mayer by just 0.01sec with Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde third at 0.46sec.

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It was Paris’ 11th World Cup win — nine downhill and two Super-G — and 26th podium finish, including two third-place finishes at Lake Louise in the downhill and the Super-G in Beaver Creek this season.

Paris’ only previous Super-G win was in Kitzbuehel, Austria in January 2015. He won the downhill in Bormio for a third time on Friday to add to his successes in 2012 and 2017.