VancouverB次元官网网址檚 Manuel Osborne-Paradis laid down his best performance of the season in the last World Cup race before finals, capturing fifth place on Sunday in Kvitfjell, Norway.
Osborne-Paradis was just .11 off a podium finish, putting down a time of one minute 33.65 seconds.
The 33-year-old was putting up top-ten splits, right through to the finish where he made up time to cross the line in the top five.
Benjamin Thomsen of Invermere, B.C., put down his best super-G result since 2014, finishing in 21st place.
Dustin Cook of Lac-Ste-Marie, Que., was just outside the top 20, finishing in 24th place in a time of 1:34.36. Broderick Thompson of Whistler, B.C., just missed out on a top 30 World Cup super-G finish, finishing 34th.
Kjetil Jansrud stretched NorwayB次元官网网址檚 winning streak in the menB次元官网网址檚 World Cup super-G to a record-equalling seven seasons.
Jansrud secured his third discipline title in four years by winning the penultimate race of the season. His Norwegian teammates Aksel Lund Svindal (2012-14) and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (2016) also won the globe in recent years.
Norway matched the best mark set by Austria, which won the super-G title seven years in a row from 1998-2004.
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Svindal was JansrudB次元官网网址檚 closest challenger in this seasonB次元官网网址檚 standings but he failed to finish his run. He missed a gate after landing a long jump.
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SvindalB次元官网网址檚 mishap enabled Jansrud to build an insurmountable 138-point lead with only the season-ending race at the World Cup finals in Sweden on Thursday remaining.
B次元官网网址淚t went well but I am not unbeatable,B次元官网网址� said Jansrud, who also took the super-G titles in 2014-15 and last season. He also won Olympic bronze in Pyeongchang last month, adding to his gold from the Sochi Games four years ago and silver from the 2017 world championships.
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Jansrud timed 1 minute, 33.21 seconds on the Olympiabakken course to lead Olympic silver medallist Beat Feuz of Switzerland by 0.22 seconds. Brice Roger of France, a late starter wearing bib 49, came 0.33 behind in third for his second career podium finish.
Olympic super-G champion Matthias Mayer trailed Jansrud by just 0.18 halfway down his run but the Austrian caught a bump and skied through a gate.
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It was JansrudB次元官网网址檚 21st career win, matching the career tally of 1994 overall champion Kjetil Andre Aamodt. Svindal is the only Norwegian skier with more wins B次元官网网址� 35.
Jansrud became the only skier to win multiple super-G races this season. He won the opener in Beaver Creek, Colorado, in December but the next three events were all won by different racers.
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