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Vancouver Now Manny golden on the Italian hills Home Medals Results Canadian Results Schedule DaytoDay Schedule Athletes Featured Athletes Team Canada Full Athlete List News Venues Forums Blogs Videos Photos The GamesPast & Present Interactive Features SportsCurling Hockey Skating Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Skiing Alpine Skiing Biathlon CrossCountry Skiing Freestyle Skiing Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Sliding Bobsleigh Luge Skeleton Snowboarding Hot TopicsCanada vs US Sidney Crosby Hockey gold Closing ceremony Canadian Olympians Joannie Rochette Follow CBCListen to CBCRadio VancouverMultiLanguage BulletinsMandarinRussianArabicSpanishREPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Manny golden on the Italian hillsOsborneParadis wins World Cup mens downhill Dixon 6thLast Updated Saturday December 19 2009 313 PM ET Comments26Recommend42By Malcolm Kelly CBC Sports Knowing theres danger ahead and going anyway is a good measure of braveryManuel OsborneParadis showed that bravery Saturday on the steep slopes of Val Gardena Italy by winning the mens World Cup downhill race his third career victory on the circuitJust a day after yet another Canadian alpine teammate went down with a season ending injury the North Vancouver BC native put in a time of two minutes 127 seconds to take his second gold medal of the seasonThe 25yearold won a super G in Lake Louise Alta earlier year adding that to a downhill gold in Norway last MarchAustrias Mario Scheiber was second at Val Gardena 13100ths of a second behind the Canadian while Ambrosi Hoffmann of Switzerland tied for third with Johan Clare of France at 20152Robbie Dixon of Whistler BC also had an excellent outing on a day when the wind was blowing almost straight up the hill finishing sixth Erik Guay of MontTremblant Que was 11thCalgarys Jan Hudec took 36thWhen I went through the finish I was really shocked to see I was first and I didnt think it would hold up said OsborneParadis on a media phoner later in the dayIve been getting better figuring out courses more and more and getting more skilful skiing themMany of the top racers were just getting ready to go when the wind really started to pick up Three of the top four finishers including the winner were among the first 10 out of the gateOverall World Cup leader Carlo Janka and secondplace Benjamin Raich both skipped the race while Werner Heel and Andrej Jerman sat out nursing injuries from falls in Fridays super GThis victory for OsborneParadis came just 24 hours after teammate Franois Bourque became the fifth Canadian skier in less than a month to be knocked out of the coming Vancouver Olympic Winter Games by tearing up a knee in a super giant slalom competitionAlready out were defending downhill world champion John Kucera J...