Paris, who won the classic Hahnenkamm downhill event at the notoriously tricky venue two years ago, registered a time of 1 min 09.99sec, to finish ahead of Mayer and Streitberger, who came through in 1:10.05 and 1:10.33 respectively.

"Its fantastic, I never expected to ski so well in a Super-G especially here in Kitzbuehel as it's a particularly tough one," Paris said.

"This victory came at the best place, the most important one.

"It was a fast course set; I wish they were always like this as it works well for me."

A number of the racers took the decision to use their downhill skis after seeing the course set, but Paris stuck to his guns and opted for his regular Super-G skis.

Austria's Matthias Mayer finished runner-up, just 0.06 seconds off the pace
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"Today was a Super-G and I skied on my Super-G skis, it was a fast course but if you are ever in a position where you are coming late into a turn with the skis you can correct your line, while with downhill skis there is no chance to get out of certain mistakes," added Paris, who ended a run of 21 World Cups without a win.

Paris is in second place in the overall standings on 285 points and trails Norway's Kjetil Jansrud, seventh in Kitzbuehel, by 31 points.

Austria's Hannes Reichelt remains in third position, despite finishing in 24th place in Kitzbuehel.

The Super-G forms the first part of the Alpine combined, which continues with a slalom event later today.

Several competitors from the Super-G will skip the slalom however, to focus their attention on tomorrow's downhill event.

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