Paris shows he is back in downhill ahead of world championships
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) (AFP)
Dominik Paris announced himself as a serious contender for the upcoming world championships with victory in the men s downhill World Cup event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Friday.
The 31-year-old Italian collected his 15th downhill win, and 19th World Cup victory in any discipline, by edging out the Swiss Beat Feuz by 0.37sec with the Austrian Matthias Mayer just another 0.03sec back.
It was Paris first win since tearing a knee ligament during a Super-G training session in January 2020. We are fighting to come back, he told German television ZDF.
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