“Paris injured? What kind of fake news is this!”

Vincent Kriechmayr immediately patted himself on the head when he said on Wednesday in Kitzbühel after the first downhill training that he and the “Domme” were the last two who hadn’t hurt themselves yet. “You can see that this can also happen to such calibers and such muscles,” said the Upper Austrian.

It was no secret that Paris was the absolute favorite for the Streif descent. “This is his route. It is a pity. For us, the chance of winning is higher when a competitor is missing, but there's no way we would have wanted it that way, we wanted to beat him that way. I wish him all the best,” said Kriechmayr. For him, Paris is a yardstick from which one can learn a lot. “Now I have to see who I’m sticking with in Kitz.”

“That kind of shit, never in my life, not that one.” Thomas Dreßen's reaction to the news of the Paris violation Wishes for improvement also came from Matthias Mayer: “That’s extremely unfortunate for him. We will really miss him in the starting field. Aside from skiing, he is a laid-back colleague who you like to meet every day on the slopes and have a chat with. He’s generally always in a good mood.”

Beat Feuz, Dominik Paris and Matthias Mayer (from left). © AFP / MARCO BERTORELLO

Max Franz was at dinner when he received the news. “Honestly, I didn’t believe it. What kind of fake news is this! He's never had anything. That's really tough. It's a shame, this year he's done better than last year," said the Carinthian about the winner of the two Bormio descents. SMS from Beat Feuz Thomas Dreßen said that his first reaction was “that kind of shit, never in his life,” was his first reaction. “I always thought that something like that would never happen to him. But they also said to me beforehand that something like that would never happen to me because I have such good ligaments." Dreßen won the downhill race in Kitzbühel in 2018, he missed last winter with a torn cruciate ligament, and this year he immediately won his comeback in Lake Louise -Run. “I feel really sorry for him. He’ll definitely come back stronger, I’m sure.”

Feuz, who has already sent a text message to Paris, is also convinced of this. "I wished him a speedy recovery and wrote that I'm not afraid that he won't come back as strong as he left now." Paris was in a bomb shape. “He is one of the heroes in the World Cup who carries the whole story, such athletes are doubly important.”

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“Paris injured? What kind of fake news is this!”

He was considered the “Mister Indestructible” in the Alpine Ski World Cup. That's why our downhill colleagues believed it was a "bad joke" when they found out about Dominik Paris' cruciate ligament tear on Tuesday evening.

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