Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal wins Lake Louise downhill

Erik Guay top Canadian in 10th place

The Canadian Press Posted: Nov 28, 2015 4:11 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 28, 2015 4:17 PM ET

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the first men's World Cup downhill of the season at Lake Louise on Saturday.

Svindal didn't race most of last season because of a torn Achilles' tendon.

He posted a winning time of one minute 47.29 seconds for his fifth career victory at the Alberta ski resort.

Italy's Peter Fill finished just a hundredth of a second behind the Norwegian for second.

Travis Ganong of the U.S. was third in 1:47.65.

Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was the top Canadian in 10th. Benjamin Thomsen of Invermere, B.C. was 21st, followed by Manny Osborne-Paradis, 30th, Tyler Werry, 36th, Jeffrey Frisch, 46th and Broderick Thompson, 58th.

The men will race a super-G on Sunday.

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