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Pinturault Pushes Through Pain For Bormio Combined Win

France’s Alexis Pinturault pushed through the pain of a thigh injury to snatch victory in the first men’s alpine skiing World Cup combined event of the season in Bormio on Sunday.

Local hero Dominik Paris was denied a hat-trick of wins this weekend, as an error on his slalom run left the Italian trailing seven-minutes behind the world combined champion.

Pinturault had placed 12th in the morning’s super-G run, but sealed his third win of the season after the slalom run down the icy ‘Stelvio’ piste in the Italian Alps.

Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde had led in the super-G, but …

Val Gardena Downhill Rescheduled For Bormio

The cancelled men’s World Cup downhill in Val Gardena has been rescheduled to be raced on Bormio’s testing Stelvio course on December 27, organisers said Sunday.

The Stelvio is considered amongst the most technically difficult and spectacular pistes on the circuit alongside the daunting Streif in Kitzbuehel.

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The piste has seen great champions such as Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal, American Bode Miller and Austrian Hermann Maier take the honours, while defending champion is Italian speed specialist Dominik Paris.

The rescheduling of the December 21 World Cup event …