Alpine skiing news - Norway's Kjetil Jansrud prevails in Lake Louise Super-G

ByReuters

Updated 26/11/2018 at 07:41 GMT

Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud used an early run to win the opening World Cup Super-G at Lake Louise in Canada on Sunday.

Kjetil Jansrud of Norway celebrates after winning the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Mens 2019 Super-G race at the Lake Louise ski resort in Alberta, Canada on November 25, 2018.

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The reigning twice World Cup Super G champion and 2014 Olympic gold medallist started ninth and zipped to a time of one minute 33.52 seconds.

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Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr was 0.14 seconds behind Jansrud with Swiss Mauro Caviezel 0.21 seconds off the pace for third.

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Austrian Matthias Mayer, the reigning Olympic gold medallist, took sixth, 0.65 seconds back, with Swiss Beat Feuz, the Olympic runner-up, 10th, 0.97 adrift.

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