Von Allmen remains just behind Paris in the season finale

Von Allmen was the only one who could keep up with the unleashed Italian. In the end, the three-time Olympic champion was 19 hundredths short of victory, but stood on a World Cup podium for the 15th time in his career.

The beaming winner was Paris, who won the downhill in Kvitfjell for the fifth time. He last won both the downhill and the super-G on the Olympiabakken slope there a year ago. This season, he was on the podium in the downhill races in Val Gardena/Gröden (3rd) and Crans-Montana (2nd), but had not managed a victory until the season finale.

With his 20th downhill success, he is now alone in 2nd place in the leaderboard, which he previously shared with Peter Müller. Only Franz Klammer is ahead of him with 25 downhill victories.

Vincent Kriechmayr, who had left it open until the end whether he would continue his career, came third. The Austrian was 60 hundredths behind Paris, six hundredths ahead of fourth-placed Alexis Monney. The third best Swiss was Stefan Rogentin in 6th place.

It was already clear before the last race that Marco Odermatt would win the discipline classification for the third time in a row. In Kvitfjell, the season's dominator achieved his worst downhill result of the season with 7th place. Nevertheless, his record of seven podium places in nine races remains outstanding, as does his points average of 78.4.

Niels Hintermann was the last of the 24 starters to tackle the Olympiabakken piste. The 30-year-old from Zurich, who had already announced his retirement from professional sport a week earlier, can look back on a career with seven World Cup podiums, including three victories. He celebrated his two downhill successes at the place where he retired.