Italy's Paris wins World Cup downhill to prevent Swiss sweep, Odermatt closes in on overall title

Italy's Dominik Paris celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Friday, March 7, 2025.

Italy's Dominik Paris celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)


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KVITFJELL, Norway — Italian veteran Dominik Paris has prevented a Swiss sweep of the podium by winning a men's World Cup downhill race. Paris claimed his record-extending fourth World Cup win in Kvitfjell. He beat Marco Odermatt by 0.32 seconds and Stefan Rogentin by 0.63. Swiss skiers Franjo von Allmen and Alexis Monney were fourth and fifth, respectively. The 35-year-old Paris also won World Cup downhill races in Kvitfjell in 2016, 2019 and 2022, and Friday's win took his tally altogether to 19, joint-second on the all-time downhill winners list with Peter Müller of Switzerland. Only Austrian skier Franz Klammer won more (25).

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