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Italy edges Switzerland to win team parallel event at world alpine ski championship

Italy beat Switzerland to win the mixed team parallel event that opened the world alpine ski championship on Tuesday in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.

Thomas Tumler was slow out of the gate in the decisive heat of the final and couldn't catch Italy's Alex Vinatzer. The final ended 2-2 and Italy won with an advantage of 0.45 seconds in total time.

It could be the start of a big championship for Italy, which has Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia in top form and among the favourites in multiple events.

"It's a good start because we invest a lot," Italian team leader Max Carca said. "We have a lot of expectations from the girls side."

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The defending champion United States lost a chance for a medal when Isaiah Nelson lost control toward the end of the fourth and decisive run of the bronze-medal race, handing the medal to Sweden and leaving the Americans in fourth.

Live streaming coverage through the 13-day world alpine ski championship will be available on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. 

Host Austria, which had a first-round bye, was eliminated immediately by Sweden while Canada did not enter a team.

In the final, Giorgia Collomb beat Wendy Holdener before Luca Aerni equalized for Switzerland by beating Filippo Della Vite. Then Delphine Darbellay put Switzerland ahead when Lara Della Mea made a series of errors. But Vinatzer, who recently finished second in a World Cup slalom in Kitzbuehel, secured the title.

The women's super-G featuring Brignone, Goggia and Lindsey Vonn on Thursday is the first individual event of the championship.

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