Dominik Paris, the pain of a man alone with his thoughts: in the next few hours the decision on the intervention

After this morning's injury, the blue speed king returned home. Saturday on the Streif, just like in Bormio, he could have returned to the top of the World Cup general. Now it's all gone.

Tuesday 21 January 2020 4 minutes reading time

For a few hours, at least for this night, he will be a man alone with his thoughts, between broken dreams and a physical but above all moral pain, for having seen a season vanish in an amen that could have become amazing. Dominik Paris has returned home and has decided to disconnect with the whole world: no social media (not that he has ever been a great lover), no further declarations compared to those, very bitter, released through the federal press office after the accident of this '' today in Kirchberg. The only decision to make, in the next few hours, will be that relating to the timing and modality of the surgery on the right knee, and only then will we understand how long it will take "Domme" to get back on track, hopefully already the summer / autumn period. It will be hard, very hard, considering that the fibula is involved as well as the "classic" front crusader, even if a super physical and a temper like that of the Colossus of the Val d''Ultimo will help him. Somehow, even if at first they may seem small, the encouraging messages from champions and opponents such as Pinturault, Mayer, Sofia Goggia herself, will serve to slightly ease the pain of a stop arrived on the most beautiful . Yes, because on Saturday on the occasion of the descent on the Streif, there was a very real possibility of returning to the top of the general World Cup standings, less than a month after that first time in Bormio. At 137 points behind leader Kristoffersen, with Kilde just ahead, a victory between super-g and descent and another good result would have been enough to look at all from top to bottom. And who cares if the calendar would have been unfavorable, with the Norwegians and Pinturault still favored in the race for the crystal ball; we would have dreamed with that big man of almost 100 kg, at least for a few more weeks, for some other race. Now everything is gone and it hurts so much, to Domme and to all the fans who had now elected him as the new idol of the blue ski. He'll come back, and if he'll come back, but now it's time for melancholy and, only in a few hours or days, it will do a little less harm.

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