SANTA CATERINA, Italy (AP) β American skier Travis Ganong won a men’s World Cup downhill on a shortened course Sunday for his first career victory.
Ganong finished in 1 minute, 32.42 seconds to beat Olympic champion Matthias Mayer of Austria by 0.09 and Dominik Paris of Italy by 0.21.
Overall leader Kjetil Jansrud, who has won two downhill races this season, was 1.35 behind and finished outside of the top 10.
Ganong came fifth in the Olympic downhill in Sochi in February and earned his sole previous World Cup podium finish shortly afterward by placing third in Kvitfjell, Norway.
Fierce winds on the upper part of the initial course forced organizers to lower the start gate, which shortened the run by 590 meters to 2.685 kilometers.
Some lower-ranked starters were still to race.
