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Alpine Skiing World Cup - Dominik Paris pips Aksel Lund Svindal in Bormio downhill thriller
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Published 28/12/2017 at 15:22 GMT
Aksel Lund Svindal was denied a third successive downhill when he was pipped by Italian Dominik Paris at Bormio on Thursday.
Italy's Dominik Paris celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the FIS Alpine World Cup Men Downhill in Bormio
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Paris become the first Italian skier to win a men's World Cup race this season when he charged down the Stelvio course, one of the longest and most challenging on the circuit, in one minute 56.95 seconds.
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Paris snatches downhill victory from Svindal in thrilling run
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He finished four hundredths inside the previous best time set by Svindal whose fellow Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud was third.
[Bormio downhill: full result]
Second-placed Svindal secured his tenth podium finish in his last 12 outings and his 73rd overall in his career.
Slalom specialist Marcel Hirscher, who did not race on Thursday, leads the overall World Cup standings followed by Henrik Kristoffersen in second, Svindal third and Jansrud fourth. Svindal leads the season's downhill standings.
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