Canadian alpine skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis won the men's super-G World Cup in Lake Louise, Alta., with a time of one minute, 32.93 seconds.

This is a career best super-G result for Osborne-Paradis, who had a previous career best of 13th in super-G at Val Gardena. Osborne-Paradis has one previous win on the World Cup, in the downhill in Norway last season.

"Wow, did anybody else expect this? I didn't," Osborne-Paradis said. "I think BetWin.com made a lot of money today. Nobody won on that bet."

Osborne-Paradis has been training in giant slalom this summer to improve hsi turning, a strategy that appears to have paid off. 

"I just pushed it. I made lots of mistakes but I made sure the skis were always running cleanly and down the fault line and it worked out. It worked out really well.''

Alpine Canada has told athletes if a skier wins a World Cup event, their spot at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games is reserved for that event.

"My biggest thing is I really wanted to try and qualify for the Olympics, make sure that I can secure a spot so I can concentrate on the World Cup season at hand,'' he said.

Austrian skiers Benjamin Raich and Michael Walchhofer finished second and third with times of 1:33.17 and 1:33.55 respectively. 

Canadians Erik Guay and Robbie Dixon filled out the top five. Guay finished in 1:33.68 while Dixon clocked a 1:33.72. Guay suffered back problems that delayed his training and has been off the pace, finishing 21st in the downhill event yesterday. 

"Considering where I was last week, I think I made tremendous progress. I'm really happy with that,'' he said. 

For Dixon, the fifth place was his second top ten in as many days, after finishing eighth in the downhill yesterday. 

"I just stuck with it and fought until the end and I came away with fifth,'' Dixon told reporters after his run. "I'm just so stoked right now.'' 

Among other Canadians, François Bourque was 27th in 1:35.05. Jan Hudec finished 29th in 1:35.11. Rookie Louis-Pierre Helie was 34th in 1:35.33.  

2009 downhill World Champion John Kucera crashed out of the race and was transported to a hospital in Banff for further assessment. 

"That was the toughest part, I think. You're in the lead, but then you're obviously looking at your buddy who you train with all the time,'' said Osborne-Paradis. "It's a sad thing to see.''

- With files from AFP and The Canadian Press