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Italy bid to rule alpine skiing worlds after Paris' win

The Italian men's ski team will head into next month's world championships in buoyant mood after speed king Dominik Paris won the vaunted downhill race in Kitzbuehel.

Italy's Dominik Paris speeds down the slope to win the FIS World Cup men's downhill race in Kitzbuehel, Austrian Alps, on January 26, 2013. Paris' second victory of the season and career came on what is undoubtedly the toughest course on the World Cup circuit, and saw him leapfrog Norwegian rival Aksel Lund Svindal into first place atop the discipline standings.

Paris' second victory of the season and career came on what is undoubtedly the toughest course on the World Cup circuit, and saw him leapfrog Norwegian rival Aksel Lund Svindal into first place atop the discipline standings.

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