With Mont Blanc looming high above the 1924 Olympic host city of Chamonix, Didier Cuche skied faster, seemingly flew through the air higher, and was clearly stronger than the world’s best downhillers. For the second consecutive Saturday, the 36-year-old Swiss convincingly crushed the field, this time winning on the 3370-meter La Verte Des Houches piste by 0.67 seconds. Despite Cuche’s dominance, much of the day’s limelight belonged to a 21-year-old Italian, who had never finished better than 14th in a World Cup race before today. Starting first out of the gate on a cold, windy and sunny early afternoon, Dominik Paris laid down what would be the run of his life, clocking 1:59.58. 1- CUCHE Didier (SUI) 1:58.91 2- PARIS Dominik (ITA) 1:59.58 3- KROELL Klaus (AUT) 1:59.79 More info here www.chamonixworldcup.com FIS Website
