December 19, 2009 07:55 pm | Updated 07:57 pm IST - Val Gardena: Italy
Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis speeds down the course on his way to win an alpine ski, Men's World Cup downhill race, in Val Gardena, Italy, on Saturday. Photo: AP.
Manuel Osborne—Paradis of Canada won a World Cup downhill on Saturday on the Saslong course.
Osborne—Paradis covered the 3.446—kilometer (2.14—mile) layout in two minutes, 1.27 secondsand Mario Scheiber of Austria was second, 0.13 seconds behind.
Lower—ranked skiers were still coming down.
Most of the pre—race favourites struggled against headwinds.
The circuit heads over the Gardena pass to nearby Alta Badia for giant slalom and slalom races on Sunday and Monday.
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