By Canadian Press

Austria’s Mayer takes season-opening Super G race, Italy’s Paris second

Dec 1, 2019 | 4:03 PM

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Matthias Mayer of Austria won the season-opening World Cup Super-G on Sunday.

The reigning Olympic champion in the discipline posted a time of one minute 31.40 seconds on the Lake Louise course.

Dominik Paris of Italy was second, a day after also finishing second in the downhill. Paris cross the finish line 0.40 seconds behind Mayer.

A tie for third for a second straight day included Mauro Caviezel of Switzerland and Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria in 1:31.89.

The women open their downhill season at Lake Louise with races Friday and Saturday followed by a super-G on Sunday.

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