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Dominik Paris has come a long way to become one of the fastest skiers in the world.
There was a time when the Italian jet-man didn't like to train and only wanted to race and party.
When he turned 18, the life of the four-time Kitzbuehel king took a decisive

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Thomas Dreßen from Germany leads after the Downhill run of the men's Combined Alpine Skiing competition held at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre on 13 February 2018 during the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games.

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Mikaela Shiffrin is the main attraction as the new alpine skiing season kicks off in Soelden, Austria, on 26 October.
Following the retirement of Olympic champions Marcel Hirscher, Lindsey Vonn and Aksel Lund Svindal, all eyes will be on the double Olympic champion who is chasing her fourth consecutive World

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Dominik Paris is a man of many talents.
Not only has the 29-year-old skier won three times on the legendary Streif course of Kitzbuhel, but he's also a passionate heavy metal artist.
The Italian is a guitarist and also a singer, although he once admitted that his vocal efforts were

Paris during a concert with the Rise OF Voltage in Milwaukee, USA, in the 2018 summer. (Source: Rise OF Voltage Facebook Page)

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The downhill run of the men's alpine combined competition was held at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre on 13 February 2018.

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The men's downhill competition was held at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre on 11 February 2018.

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The men's Super-G competition was held at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre on 15 February 2018.

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Vincent Kriechmayr claimed his second win of the 2023/24 Alpine Ski World Cup season in the Kvitfjell Super G in Norway on Sunday (18 February).
After his second place in Friday's downhill, the Austrian turned a 0.32 deficit at the final checkpoint into a victory margin of 0.17 as he

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Two days after claiming his first Alpine Skiing World Cup downhill win, Marco Odermatt won again at Wengen on Saturday (13 January) to delight a feverish home crowd.
Unlike Thursday's shortened course, this was the classic Lauberhorn downhill \- the longest race on the World Cup circuit – with the

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Former world champion Dominik Paris raced to his 18th Alpine Ski World Cup downhill title with a victory in Val Gardena, Italy on Saturday (16 December).
Wearing bib 12, the Italian speed skier produced a fast top-half on the course at the Dolomites resort, which proved enough to give him

Dominik Paris in action during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup downhill on December 16, 2023 in Val Gardena, Italy.

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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

KVITFJELL, NORWAY - MARCH 4: Dominik Paris of Team Italy in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill on March 4, 2022 in Kvitfjell Norway. (Photo by Jonas Ericsson/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

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Beat Feuz took the 890m of vertical of the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre’s downhill course by storm on 7 February in the men’s Alpine skiing downhill finals. The event was rescheduled from the night before – when high winds forced a postponement for safety reasons.
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YANQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 07: Beat Feuz of Team Switzerland skis during the Men's Downhill on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Ski Centre on February 07, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Humans defying the odds: that’s why we watch the Olympics.
Dominik Paris’ story is simply remarkable. On 21 January 2020, the alpine skier from Ulten in northern Italy ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and suffered a micro fibula fracture in his right knee after an accident in super-G training

YANQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04:  Dominik Paris of Team Italy skis during the Men's Downhill 2nd training session ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Ski Centre on February 04, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

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The skiers have arrived.
On Thursday (3 February), alpine skiers got their first look at the Yanqing slope for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 with the first of three scheduled men’s downhill training runs.
Italy's Dominik Paris, Super-G world champion in 2019, was impressed by the challenge presented by

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 3 : Dominik Paris of Team Italy in action during the Olympic Games 2022, Men's Downhill Training on February 3, 2022 in Yanqing China. (Photo by Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

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Home favourite Dominik Paris proved once again that he's the king of Bormio with another Alpine Ski downhill race win in the Italian alpine resort on Tuesday (28th December).
The Italian finished in a time of 1:54.63 for his seventh World Cup win on the Stelvio piste in Bormio, six

BORMIO, ITALY - DECEMBER 28: Dominik Paris of Team Italy competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill on December 28, 2021 in Bormio Italy. (Photo by Elvis Piazzi/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

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Alexis Pinturault became the first French skier to win an overall World Cup title since Luc Alphand in the 1996-97 season, successfully resisting the challenge of Swiss Marco Odermatt, who finished second. Pinturault, 30, also picked up crystal globes in the giant slalom and parallel world

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Italy's Dominik Paris clinched his 15th career Alpine Ski World Cup downhill victory on Friday (5 February) with victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
In sunny and warm conditions, the Italian made light work of the course and Beat Feuz's then-leading run to clock a time of 1:33.81.
Feuz, the winner of

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