Dominik Paris is reborn and aims even higher
The Words of Paris
Kvitfjell’s Olympiabakken proves to be a source of inspiration for Dominik Paris, who is on the sixth victory of his career after the downhill successes of 2016, 2019, 2022 and last Friday, in addition to the super-giants of 2019 and today’s. Only Kjetil Jansrud with seven successes has had more satisfaction than the Val d’Ultimo champion on this slope, but that doesn’t take the smile off Dominik“s face today “It went very well – tells Paris -, I had good feelings since the reconnaissance. I was very convinced becauseé the track looked andante and nice to ski, è a place that requires tactics, you have to bring speedà everywhere, you have an advantage if you know how to know how to pass on certain sections. It’ was great to see the green light at the finish line, it è all seemed pretty smooth and in the end the stopwatch proved me right. It has been a long time since I won in super-giant, in recent years I have struggled a lot in this specialty, but I am finding cattraverso the right feeling”.
His 24 career victories allow him to equal Gustavo Thoeni among multiple cup winners. “Catching up with my countryman Gustavo è just a pleasure, Thoeni è a great name in Italy, although he has won much moreù. Our young people are learning to grow, on these fluid tracks without excessive slope the gesture must be different”. The proposal to name the track after him makes him smile: “It will never become Parisbakken, there’è still someone who has won more times on this track than me. Rather I feel sorry for the second downhill on Saturday where I could not put my own spin on it, maybe because both Friday and today I was wearing bib number 10, while yesterday I had bib number 14. Joking aside, but finishing the season with two wins è very nice. I am back to the top, I had started the season preparing well but the first races had disappointed me. Però we reacted, working a lot on materials to find the right solutions. I started almost again to regain confidence, race after race I came out of it, showing that I can be competitive again. Now we go to the finals with maximum confidence, è different to face them with these results. We will find a new track, I hope to understand right away how to deal with it”.
The words of Giovanni Franzoni, 15th: “Paris’s advice is always valuable, with this salt you have to be more fluid, I try to learn as much as possible from his advice. With work everything comes back, in the’last supergiant I had done badly, today things are better. I am trying to learn even in these conditions, in the summer we will have to work a lot to consolidate my skiing”.
Cristof Innerhofer, 28th, wins enough points to compete in the specialty finals” at Sun Valley: “Again I was here suffering like in the last two years, where I was excluded at the’last race before the finals, this time I made it. I started well, then two mistakes cost me so much in the final stretch. The gap is not è high but on this track every little mistake you pay”.
