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With the brace from Bormio, "Domme" is the 6th all time for number of victories in the queen discipline. Anyone who has reached these levels has conquered at least two crystal balls in the specialty. Aksel had already crowned him almost 7 years ago ...
Wednesday 1 January 2020 4 minutes reading time
Dream numbers, which already place him as the third blue ever in terms of victories in World Cup races, behind only Alberto Tomba (and his 50 pearls) and Gustavo Thoeni, who alongside his four crystal balls absolute has put 24 seals in the circuit.
With his 18 successes in the assets, Dominik Paris has plenty of time to climb more and more, considering that on April 14th he will turn “only†31 years old; there is a fact, however, that on the one hand impresses and on the other ... frightens and also makes a little angry.
With the brace from Bormio, "Domme" reached 14 hurràs in descents of CdM, hooking Aksel Lund Svindal and Michael Walchhofer in 6th all-time position, definitively separating two lengths Kristian Ghedina and Didier Cuche. In front only "Kaiser" Franz Klammer with 25 triumphs remain, Peter Mueller with 19, Stephan Eberharter at 18 and the duo Franz Heinzer-Hermann Maier already there, with one more victory.
Well, all these champions mentioned above have on the bulletin board at least two crystal balls of the queen discipline, except Paris and, behind him, just Kristian Ghedina. The big goal is that, with only Beat Feuz that seems the obstacle between the blue jet and the downhill World Cup, for a mission that is anything but simple since the Swiss is also in great form and does not know how to get off the podium (15 in the last 17 disputed disputes).
And Svindal was one of the first to understand the enormous quality of Paris: even before the world descent of Schladming 2013 (in the photo, the two joke after the award ceremony), in which the Norwegian champion folded Dominik with the unforgettable David Poisson bronze medal, his words were crystal clear. “Domme doesn't realize how strong he is. When he finds out, it will be the problems of others. " It may have taken him longer than expected, but for a couple of seasons now he has been the reference in speed.
On the occasion of the weekend in Val Gardena, interviewed by "La Gazzetta dello Sport", Svindal himself had spent other words on honey for the former great rival: "He is one of the old school: robust, solid, courageous , because he is not really afraid of anything. For the general World Cup it is too difficult, considering the calendar, but it can win everywhere â€.
And if Aksel says it, then Wengen might be a little less scary too ...
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