Jansrud clinches first downhill World Cup race of season
BySportsbeat
Updated 29/11/2014 at 21:43 GMT
Norway's Kjetil Jansrud edged out Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Guillermo Fayed to clinch the opening alpine skiing downhill World Cup race at Lake Louise, Canada.
2014 Kjetil Jansrud (getty images)
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With reigning champion Aksel Lund Svindal injured the Norwegian skier was able to come out on top with a time of 1:50.20 minutes after two runs.
That was 0.14 seconds faster than both Canadian Osborne-Paradis and Frenchman Fayed who shared second with 1:50.34.
The top five was completed by Italy’s Dominik Paris, who recorded a time of 1:50.61, and America’s Marco Sullivan with 1:50.68.
The win means Jansrud takes an early lead in the overall standings with 100 points while Osborne-Paradis and Fayed both have 80.
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