Kjus edges Maier in World Cup giant slalom
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Norwegian Lasse Kjus returned to the hill where he won a world championship and tore through the second run with the fastest time Saturday to win a his first World Cup giant slalom
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Italian Massimiliano Blardone wins the the opening World Cup giant slalom race of the season at Beaver Creek.
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ALTA BADIA, Italy  - Finland's Kalle Palander held on for victory in a men's World Cup giant slalom with a time of two minutes 28.82 seconds on Sunday, triumphing on the course where he won his first race in the discipline.
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VAL D'ISERE, France  - Bode Miller won his fifth  victory of the World Cup season in a giant slalom on Sunday  after the three men ahead of him all faltered.
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Lindsey Kildow already leads the World Cup downhill standings. Now the Vail, Colo., skier is making a bid for the super giant slalom title as well.
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Anja Paerson is used to winning but this victory took seven attempts. Appearing to pick up where she left off last year, the Swede won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom for the first time in her career Saturday.
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Aksel Lund Svindal wins the men's giant slalom to claim his second gold of the World Ski Championships in Are, Sweden.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen took the first giant slalom World Cup win of her career Friday and dashed Anja Paerson&#39;s hopes of a triple success this weekend.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Massimiliano Blardone of Italy won the first men's World Cup giant slalom of the season on Saturday in a time of two minutes 27.88 seconds.
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ST MORITZ, Switzerland -- Slovenia&#39;s Tina Maze upset the favorites by winning a World Cup giant slalom, in St Moritz, while reigning champion Anja Paerson regained the lead in the overall standings with a second-place finish.
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Bode Miller made his ambitions clear when he won his fifth World Cup race of the season in a giant slalom on Sunday ahead of the best two skiers of recent years.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Austrian Stephan Goergl  won his first World Cup Alpine ski race with victory in a  super-G on Thursday, pushing American favorite Bode Miller into  an unaccustomed second place.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colo. -- Norway&#39;s Lasse Kjus confirmed his return to fitness Saturday, capturing his first World Cup giant slalom win in eight years as American Bode Miller&#39;s run of five podium finishes came to a crashing halt.
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Austrian Stephan Goergl of Austria won a World Cup Super-G race, ending American Bode Miller&#39;s three-race winning streak Thurday in the Colorado Rockies.
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Bode Miller finished fourth in a World Cup super giant slalom Friday in which Michael Walchhofer led a 1-2-3 Austrian sweep. Miller has won six of 11 races this season and still holds a commanding lead in the overall standings.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen clears a gate during the women&#39;s slalom World Cup race in Zauchensee, Austria, on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2004.
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BORMIO, Italy  - Hermann Maier bounced back to  take gold in the giant slalom at the world championships on  Thursday with his compatriot Benjamin Raich's silver medal  completing a return to form for the Austrian team.