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Germany’s Thomas Dressen wins Lake Louise World Cup men’s downhill

Nov 30, 2019 | 3:07 PM

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Germany’s Thomas Dressen won the season-opening men’s World Cup downhill Saturday in his first race in almost a year.

Dressen suffered season-ending knee injuries and a dislocated shoulder in last year’s downhill in Beaver Creek, Colo.

The 26-year-old edged runner-up Dominik Paris of Italy by two hundredths of a second for a winning time of one minute 46.81 seconds.

Swiss teammates Carlo Janka and Beat Feuz tied for third with identical times of 1:47.87.

Ben Thomsen of Invermere B.C., was the top Canadian in a three-way tie for 30th.

The men’s race super-G on Sunday.

The Canadian Press

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