Italy's Dominik Paris wins season-opening men's World Cup downhill

Published Nov. 30, 2013 12:00 a.m. ET

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Dominik Paris of Italy won the season-opening World Cup men's downhill in Lake Louise on Saturday.

Klaus Kroell of Austria finished second and Adrien Theaux of France was third.

Erik Guay of Canada finished eighth. He finished 1.08 seconds back of Paris, whose World Cup victory was the third of his career but first in Lake Louise.

The men race a super-G on Sunday before heading to Beaver Creek, Colo., and the second stop on the circuit this season.