Squaw’s men skiers miss downhill podium

By USSA

KITZBUEHEL, Austria -– Dominik Paris became the first Italian since the great Kristian Ghedina to win the famed Hahnenkamm downhill for his second Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill win this season.

Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) posted the top U.S. Ski Team finish with 19th as both Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) and Ted Ligety (Park City) missed a gate on the treacherous side hill just above the finish pitch.

Canadian Erik Guay finished second ahead of Hannes Reichelt of Austria.

Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley) was 24th and Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, N.Y.) 34th.