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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 …