Dominik Paris became only the second Italian skier to win the classic men's World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel on Saturday.
Paris came down the 3.3-kilometre Streif course in one minute, 57.56 seconds to match the achievement of countryman Kristian Ghedina, who won in 1998.
Paris, who won another classic race in Bormio in December, and teammate Christof Innerhofer now share four downhill victories this season, a record for the Italian team.
"Winning Kitzbuehel is even a bigger achievement [than Bormio]," Paris said. "It's the dream of every downhill racer to win here. When that dream comes true, it's beautiful."
World downhill champion Erik Guay of Canada trailed Paris by 0.13 in second place, and Hannes Reichelt came 0.36 back in third to ensure there was an Austrian on the podium in one of the country's signature sports events. The crowd of about 50,000 people included Austria-born Arnold Schwarzenegger, who took a break from a promotional tour to watch the race in sunny conditions.
The victory sent Paris top of the downhill standings with 317 points, closely followed by Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway with 314.
Svindal, who won Friday's super-G, finished 10th and failed to overtake Marcel Hirscher atop the overall standings. The Austrian skipped the race and leads Svindal with 935 points to 876.
Following a punishment by the International Ski Federation, Innerhofer had to start the race in 46th position instead of his usual spot among the first 30. The Italian still clocked one of the fastest split times early in his run, but could not keep up the pace on the damaged course after 45 racers. He finished 21st, 1.92 behind Paris.
Innerhofer was fined for ignoring a yellow flag — a stop signal from the jury — during Thursday's final downhill training.
Ted Ligety failed to finish after missing a gate, meaning the American is also out of the combined event, which will be made up of the total results of the downhill and Sunday's slalom.
Peter Fill of Italy and Johan Clarey of France had full-speed crashes but both escaped unhurt.
It was the first time since 2006 that the Kitzbuehel downhill was not won by a skier from Switzerland. Didier Cuche won the race four times in the past five years, but has retired.
This time, Patrick Kueng became the highest ranked Swiss skier in 22nd.
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