The king is back on top in Bormio

Dominik Paris (ITA), returned to Bormio (ITA) to take another win, making this his sixth downhill victory in his favorite venue.

Paris won the downhill in Bormio in 2012, 2017, 2018 and twice in 2019. Claiming the victory today, Paris has also rewritten history, becoming the male skier with the most downhill World Cup wins at a single ski resort. Previously he was tied with Didier Cuche who had had five downhill victories in Kitzbühel (AUT). Starting with bib 9, Paris put in an extremely strong performance on one of his favourite hills claiming the victory over Marco Odermatt (SUI) by 0.24 seconds.

Odermatt, known for being very adaptable between super-G and giant slalom, put in an eye-opening downhill run today on the Stelvio and placed second. It was his first podium in a men’s downhill World Cup. In Lake Louise (CAN), he placed fourth, 0.15 seconds behind Swiss compatriot, Beat Feuz. Unfortunately for Feuz, he did not finish today’s race after a minor crash.

Placing third, Niels Hintermann (SUI), is enjoying a downhill season that is leaving him speechless. The Swiss skier stated, “two third places in a row, it’s insane, I actually I don’t know what to say.” Hintermann claimed his first downhill World Cup podium in Val Gardena ten days ago, and today went on to put in a performance that landed him in third place again, 0.80 seconds off the fastest time.

Racing in Bormio is far from over, athletes are to compete in two super-G races which are scheduled to take place on the 29th and 30th of December at 11:30 local time.