Dominik Paris claims 21st World Cup win in Kvitfjell downhill as Kjetil Jansrud bows out

Dominik Paris flew to victory in the second Alpine Ski World Cup downhill of the weekend at Kvitfjell on Saturday (5 March).

The 32-year-old Italian put down a blazing run of 1:43.92 to win by 0.55 seconds from home favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.

Fresh from tying for first place with Cam Alexander on Friday, Swiss Niels Hintermann shared the third spot on the podium with compatriot and reigning Olympic champion Beat Feuz with the pair 0.81 behind Paris.

American skier Ryan Cochrane-Siegle was fifth (+1.06) with Vincent Kriechmayr (+1.20) in sixth.

Alexander could only manage 16th this time, but his Canadian teammate Jeffrey Read did take seventh wearing start bib number 42.

For Merano native Paris, this was a 21st World Cup triumph and his third since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and fracturing his right knee in January 2020.

The 2019 Super-G world champion was sixth in the Beijing 2022 downhill and is now up to fourth in the World Cup downhill season standings.

After finishing 13th, Marco Odermatt retains a sizeable lead in the overall World Cup series.

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Kjetil Jansrud called time on his glittering career after finishing outside the top 30.

The 36-year-old grew up in Kvitfjell, starting his ski adventure on the Peer Gynt alpine trail nearly three decades ago.

He won five Olympic medals including Super-G gold at Sochi 2014 and beat teammate Aksel Lund Svindal to the downhill world title in 2019.

Jansrud amassed no fewer than 55 World Cup podiums including 23 wins starting with his first in the Kvitfjell Super-G in 2012.

One of the famed 'Attacking Vikings', Jansrud damaged knee ligaments in December which looked to have ruled him out of Beijing 2022.

Incredibly, he made it to the