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Italy's Dominik Paris reacts as he crosses the finish line during an
alpine ski, World Cup men's downhill in Wengen, Switzerland,
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020.
Associated Press

Super-G world champion

Paris our for season

with knee injury In this April 11, 2019, file photo, Jack Nicklaus hits a ceremonial tee shot on the first hole during the

first round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga.
VIENNA (AP) — Super-G decide on his treatment. Associated Press
world champion Dominik Paris was preparing for Fri-
Paris will miss the rest of the day's World Cup super-G Continued from Page 18 PGA Championship at Fire- got the same question,
Alpine skiing season after race in nearby Kitzbuehel, "I'd like to stay involved ... stone. So he kept playing, gave the same answer
damaging his right knee in the classic resort where keep myself in front of the adding another claret jug and then asked what kind
a training accident in Aus- he has earned four of his public, keep myself rel- at St. Andrews in 1978, an- of headlines it would make
tria on Tuesday. 18 career wins. Paris, who evant so when I get to 80 other double major season if he had given a different
The Italian ski federation, won the world title and the years old, you still want to in 1980 and his famous 1986 answer.
FISI, said Paris tore his an- World Cup season rankings ask me a question," Nick- Masters when he was 46. What makes him feel more
terior cruciate ligament in super-G last season, won laus said last week in a Imagine if he had quit play- relevant are the questions
and fractured his fibula in a back-to-back downhills on conference call ahead of ing. Nicklaus would have he fields from younger
crash during super-G prac- home snow in Bormio last his 80th birthday. been at 14 majors, and players.
tice in Kirchberg. month, and finished run- "There's no reason to want Tiger Woods would have Charl Schwartzel came
"My season ends here. Un- ner-up to Switzerland's Beat to curl up in a corner some- passed him with that mem- to talk to him about the
fortunately, while I was slid- Feuz in the classic downhill place." orable Masters victory last Masters in 2011, a short
ing, the inside ski took too in Wengen last Sunday. The only time he consid- April. Now, Woods still has time before the South Af-
much snow," Paris said. Paris is currently trailing ered some form of retire- three majors to go to catch rican birdied his last four
FISI said the speed special- leader Feuz by 16 points ment was long ago. Nicklaus. holes to claim the green
ist has returned to Italy, in the season-long down- Nicklaus told a story of al- That also keeps Nicklaus jacket. Patrick Cantlay
where he was set to consult hill rankings and fourth ways wanting to ski, but relevant without having met with him last year be-
the federation's medical in the overall World Cup not while he was still com- played a major in 15 years. fore winning the Memorial,
staff in the next few days to standings.q peting. That seemed smart There was a time when it and Cantlay was with him
long before Phil Mickelson looked as though Woods again on a Saturday last
Troubled boxing broke his leg skiing and was running out of time fall, watching football and
missed the 1994 Masters to catch him, especially talking majors. Nicklaus told
or David Duval injured his with recurring leg injuries him how he never wanted
body AIBA looks to shoulder snowboarding. and then back problems to feel his game was in per-
Nicklaus thought he would that led to four surgeries. fect shape on Thursday of
change its name wait until he was 35. Now that Woods ended 11 a major, rather he wanted
"I figured I wasn't going to years without a major with to play his way into his best
take up skiing until I was his Masters victory for major golf as the week went on.
done playing golf," Nick- No. 15, the race is on. Justin Thomas. Jordan Spi-
LAUSANNE, Switzerland next (executive commit- laus said. "We took up ski- History is not on Woods' eth. Dustin Johnson. Rickie
(AP) — Amateur boxing's tee) meeting to be pre- ing at age 35. While we side. He turned 44 three Fowler.
troubled governing body sented at the Congress in were out there skiing, I was weeks ago. When he gets It's a long list. Most of them
AIBA is considering a name March," Moustahsane said talking about not playing to the Masters, only six play- live in South Florida and are
change after it was cut out in the statement provided much golf the next year. ers older than Woods will members at his Bear's Club.
of organizing the Olympic by AIBA to The Associated The kids all said, 'Dad! What have won majors, no more "I don't go out and seek
tournaments this year. Press via text message. are you doing? You can still than one each. this, but I'm available,"
AIBA's interim president The International Olympic beat everybody out there. Still, the Nicklaus name Nicklaus said. "I might have
Mohamed Moustahsane Committee excluded AIBA You need to keep playing. is back in the conversa- some knowledge — you
said in a statement Tues- from the upcoming Tokyo You love it.' I said, 'I do, but I tion. He will watch. He will might call it wisdom —
day that rebranding is part Games because of its se- want to be part of your life.' answer questions about something to impart to the
of a package of reforms he vere debts, infighting and They talked me into going whether Woods can catch kids that might help them.
wants national federations concerns over the integrity out and keep playing." him, as Nicklaus has done It's very flattering to me as
to vote on in March. of referees and judges. Nicklaus was coming off for nearly two decades. an 80-year-old. You never
"There is a wish to reform, Being cut off from Olympic victories in the 1975 Mas- Nicklaus always said he listened to your dad, why
and a change of the name revenue has only worsened ters (an epic battle against thought Woods could do it. listen to your grandfather?
is also a part of reform. It AIBA's precarious financial Johnny Miller and Tom One year at a charity lunch But it's very nice and I enjoy
will be discussed at the position. q Weiskopf) and the 1975 for his Memorial, Nicklaus it. q