Italy's Paris completes Bormio double with razor thin Super-G win
BORMIO, Italy: Dominik Paris snatched victory in the men's World Cup Super-G on home snow at Bormio on Saturday just 24 hours after a rampaging downhill win.
The 29-year-old clocked 1min 29.95sec down the icy Stelvio piste in the Italian Alps to edge Olympic champion Matthias Mayer of Austria by a razor thin 0.01sec margin with Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, winner in Val Gardena, third at 0.46sec.
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.
"I'm speechless, unbelievable. I couldn't have dreamed of two wins in a row," said Paris.
"Today was even more difficult. I made a mistake at the Carcentina, then I started to give it everything, gaining confidence. Two fantastic days."
Paris is the first skier to win four races in Bormio -- three downhill and one Super-G.
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.
Fellow Italian Christof Innerhofer, who had finished second in the downhill on Friday, started with the No. 1 bib, immediately making a serious error that compromised his race, skiing off his run as did Norway's Kjetil Jansrud.
Paris started No. 16 which made the difference especially in the second part of the piste which was more streamlined.
The race was briefly interrupted by the nasty crash of the Norwegian Stian Saugerstad coming into the Carcentina diagonal, one of the most spectacular and difficult parts of the Stelvio.
However, the athlete stood up alone and had a collar put on his neck before being airlifted to hospital.
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal finished a disappointing 17th, after his 12th-placed finish in the downhill but remains top of the World Cup Super-G standings.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher leads the overall standings despite not competing in Bormio, with a 212point advantage on compatriot Max Franz, who finished fifth, with Kilde in third.