Winter sports news - Dominik Paris completes double in Bormio to set new record

Dominik Paris claimed his second World Cup victory in as many days by the slimmest of margins in Bormio as he edged out Olympic champion Matthias Mayer in the men's Super G.

The Italian followed up his downhill victory on home snow on Friday by achieving a record fourth win on the Stelvio course, eclipsing Austrian greats Hermann Maier and Michael Walchhofer.

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He trailed Mayer by 0.33 at the final checkpoint before closing the gap over the final gates with a smooth line to finish in 1:29.95 – just 0.01 seconds quicker than the Austrian.

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'The ski of his life!' - Paris does double in Bormio after win by 0.01secs

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway finished third in a time of 1:30.41, 0.46 seconds behind Paris, which helped him move up to third in the overall rankings behind Marcel Hirscher.

Paris' 11th career win, which includes two victories in the famed downhill in Kitzbuehel, moves him from seventh up to fifth overall while Mayer is in 12th in the overall standings.

There was a delay in proceedings earlier in the day when Norwegian racer Stian Saugestad crashed midway down, before being airlifted off the course to a local hospital.

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