Canada's Cameron Alexander won bronze in the men's downhill race on Thursday in Bormio, Italy. Alexander, who also took third at last year's world championships, finished 1.23 seconds behind France's Cyprien Sarrazin (one minute 50.73 seconds), who used a gutsy run to edge out Switzerland's Marco Odermatt by less than a tenth of a second for gold.
Sarrazin's victory marks the first downhill triumph for the French team in eight years. Alexander, the 26-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C., earned his second career World Cup medal after winning a downhill in Norway last season.
He's now placed top-10 in three of his four races this season. Toronto's Jack Crawford placed eighth at 1:53.09. Meanwhile, Valèrie Grenier of St.
Isidore, Ont., narrowly missed the podium at a women's giant slalom event in Lienz, Austria, where she placed fourth with a time of 2:06.43.