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Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada celebrates after he finished second in the men's Alpine Skiing World Cup downhill race in Kvitfjell March 7, 2015.NTB SCANPIX/Reuters

Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis captured a silver medal in a men's World Cup downhill on Saturday.

The native of North Vancouver, B.C., finished three tenths of a second behind winner Hannes Reichelt of Austria.

Reichelt claimed his second straight downhill victory with a time of one minute 29.65 seconds on the Olympiabakken course.

Werner Heel of Italy was third, 0.38 off the pace.

Osborne-Paradis, who won gold in Kvitfjell six years ago, posted the fastest speed Saturday, at one point surpassing 150 km/h.

It's the second medal of the season for the Canadian, who won a silver in the downhill at Lake Louise, Alta.

"I'm so happy that it worked out and happy to be on the podium," said Osborne-Paradis. "I want to get good results and I want to be part of the show and it's fun when you actually are."

Reichelt was also quickest in Thursday's opening training session and on all three days including training at Garmisch-Partenkirchen last weekend.

Reichelt has 485 points ahead of the final downhill race at Meribel, France on Mar. 18, putting pressure on standings leader Kjetil Jansrud, who could have claimed the discipline title on home snow.

Two mistakes cost the Norwegian dearly as he finished 0.54 off the pace in seventh.

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