'I have two days to recover' - Dominik Paris after 'heavy' crash ends super-G World Championships dream

Updated 09/02/2023 at 14:21 GMT

Dominik Paris was thankfully able to walk away after taking a "heavy hit" as he crashed out of the men’s super-G at the Alpine World Ski Championships. The Italian medal hopeful admitted afterwards that he was in some pain but hoped to be back for the downhill event at the weekend. Stream the 2022-23 Alpine World Ski Championships live on Eurosport and discovery+

‘A very heavy hit!’ – Paris manages to walk away from serious-looking crash in super-G

There was a dramatic moment in the men’s super-G at the Alpine World Ski Championships when Italy’s Dominik Paris took a "heavy hit" as he crashed out of his run.

The 2019 world champion got off to a flying start and potentially looked on course to take the lead.

However, perhaps taking one turn too fast, Paris careered into the blue gate, lost control of one of his skis, and was soon on his back hurtling down the slope before coming to a stop.

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“A very heavy hit! And he’s down!” bellowed Nick Fellows on Eurosport commentary. “The 2019 champion is in clear pain here. That is a dramatic fall.”

Initially, there was major concern as Paris looked to have suffered an injury, but thankfully he was soon up and able to walk away from the incident.

“He’s up on his feet” announced a relieved Fellows.

“A very strong Italian athlete - but that was a heavy hit," co-commentator Finlay Mickel added.

“It looks like Dominik Paris will walk away from this one,” said Fellows “Big green lights. On track for first position and a potential medal.

“That’s not the start to the speed races Paris or the Italian team were hoping for.”

He concluded: “That is a classic example: when athletes tell us they take it to the limit, he’s just taken it over. Just a little too aggressive.”

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Speaking afterwards, Paris didn’t appear to be suffering too much, but he admitted to being in some pain. He is hoping to recover in time for the downhill event at the weekend.

“It’s okay. It hurts a bit,” he told Eurosport.

“I tried to push really hard. I know I have to go all in, but it makes me happy that I was fast up there.

“I’ll keep trying to get fast again, and I have two days to recover from this pain and we’ll see how it goes in the downhill.”