Paris wins the Downhill on the Streif

The winner of the Hahnenkamm Downhill 2017 is Dominik Paris! The Italian conquered the Streif in 1:55.01 minutes, beating off the two French athletes, Valentin Giraud Moine (+0.21) and Johan Clarey (+0.33) in the process. This is the second Downhill triumph for Paris in Kitzbühel since 2013. „I didn’t ski that well in the top section, but it was a super run from the Hausberg down. My knees knocked a few times on the way though“, said the smiling winner. “It is one of the nicest races that we have, if not the nicest. I always look forward to taking part here”. "There is going to be a big party", announced second-placed Valentin Giraud Moine. "I felt good out there and put my foot down. It is every downhill racer’s dream to stand here on the podium", said the Frenchman. Team colleague, Johan Clarey, was also exuberant: "I love skiing here in Kitzbühel. I am an „old hand“ at this now, I know how to tackle the tricky sections here." Super-G winner, Matthias Mayer, is the best Austrian in eighth position (+0.75 seconds). „I was unswerving in the top section, but lost time down at the bottom“, said the Carinthian athlete. Bad luck for Franz and Feuz As in the Super-G, a serious mistake thwarted Hannes Reichelt’s (AUT) efforts. Despite near-elimination, the Streif winner of 2014 still managed to finish ninth. „I actually considered stopping after making that mistake. But I wanted to cross the finish line and enjoy the whole ambience. The lower section was brilliant to ski. It surprised me at the end that I was still so close to the leaders“, said Reichelt. Val Gardena winner, Max Franz (AUT), lost a ski immediately after the first split time section and was eliminated. „I am glad to have crossed the finish line in one piece. It is annoying. The binding is set so that it opens in an emergency, but I didn’t have an emergency today. I was having a good run, it is a terrible shame“, said the Carinthian athlete. Switzerland‘s Beat Feuz was seven tenths of a second in the lead at Hausberg, before he came a  cropper in the Traverse and was unable to prevent a fall.

Results of the Downhill:

The final results to download here. 

Platz	Athlet	Nation	Zeit
1	PARIS Dominik	ITA	1:55.01
2	GIRAUD MOINE Valentin	FRA	+0.21
3	CLAREY Johan	FRA	+0.33
4	FILL Peter	ITA	+0.40
5	JANKA Carlo	SUI	+0.44
6	GUAY Erik	CAN	+0.49
7	THEAUX Adrien	FRA	+0.71
8	MAYER Matthias	AUT	+0.75
9	REICHELT Hannes	AUT	+0.82
10	NYMAN Steven	USA	+0.84
11	KRIECHMAYR Vincent	AUT	+1.05
12	POISSON David	FRA	+1.32
13	SANDER Andreas	GER	+1.34
14	MUZATON Maxence	FRA	+1.35
15	SEJERSTED Adrian Smiseth	NOR	+1.41
16	FAYED Guillermo	FRA	+1.49
17	KROELL Klaus	AUT	+1.53
17	INNERHOFER Christof	ITA	+1.53
19	OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel	CAN	+1.59
19	WEIBRECHT Andrew	USA	+1.59
21	CASSE Mattia	ITA	+1.64
22	GIEZENDANNER Blaise	FRA	+1.70
23	BIESEMEYER Thomas	USA	+1.76
24	KILDE Aleksander Aamodt	NOR	+1.82
25	DANKLMAIER Daniel	AUT	+1.83
26	BAUMANN Romed	AUT	+1.85
27	KLINE Bostjan	SLO	+1.91
28	WEBER Ralph	SUI	+1.93
29	GANONG Travis	USA	+1.95
30	ROGER Brice	FRA	+1.98
31	RAFFORT Nicolas	FRA	+2.00
32	ROMAR Andreas	FIN	+2.04
33	PERKO Rok	SLO	+2.05
34	FERSTL Josef	GER	+2.09
35	KUENG Patrick	SUI	+2.11
36	JANSRUD Kjetil	NOR	+2.18
37	HINTERMANN Niels	SUI	+2.32
37	THOMSEN Benjamin	CAN	+2.32
39	CATER Martin	SLO	+2.40
40	GOLDBERG Jared	USA	+2.55
41	KOSI Klemen	SLO	+2.67
41	FRISCH Jeffrey	CAN	+2.67
41	BENNETT Bryce	USA	+2.67
44	BERTHOLD Frederic	AUT	+2.73
45	PUCHNER Joachim	AUT	+2.86
46	BUZZI Emanuele	ITA	+3.12
47	THOMPSON Broderick	CAN	+3.15
48	KOELL Alexander	SWE	+3.60
49	STRIEDINGER Otmar	AUT	+3.87
50	BATTILANI Henri	ITA	+4.01
51	PANGRAZZI Paolo	ITA	+6.31
52	BARANDUN Gian Luca	SUI	+6.83
53	ACHIRILOAIE Ioan Valeriu	ROU	+7.82
	ZAMPA Andreas	SVK	DNS
	CAVIEZEL Mauro	SUI	DNS
	SCHWAIGER Dominik	GER	DNF
	OLIVERAS Marc	AND	DNF
	DRESSEN Thomas	GER	DNF
	KRYENBUEHL Urs	SUI	DNF
	WALDER Christian	AUT	DNF
	MANI Nils	SUI	DNF
	FEUZ Beat	SUI	DNF
	FRANZ Max	AUT	DNF