Grandi wins giant slalom
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ALTA BADIA, Italy (CP) - Thomas Grandi of Canmore, Alta., won a giant slalom Sunday for his first World Cup victory in his 12 seasons on the circuit.
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Thomas Grandi could easily have grown up to be a surfer in Australia rather than Canada&#39;s first giant slalom winner in the 38-year history of the World Cup circuit.
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BEAVER CREEK, United States  - Norwegian Lasse Kjus won a men&#39;s World Cup giant slalom ahead of Austrians Hermann Maier and Benjamin Raich.
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Marlies Schild of Austria won a women&#39;s World Cup giant slalom on the Hirschenkogel course Tuesday and Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen regained the lead in the overall standings with a second-place finish.
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The night before Thomas Grandi won a giant slalom for his first victory in his 12 World Cup seasons, he was approached by a youngster who predicted he would win.
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Thomas Grandi of Canada speeds down the course on his way to winning a World Cup men&#39;s Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004.
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Canada&#39;s Thomas Grandi won a giant slalom Sunday for his first World Cup victory in his 12 seasons on the circuit. Bode Miller missed a gate and did not finish his second run, reducing the American&#39;s lead in the overall standings.
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Italy's Massimiliano Blardone won a World Cup giant slalom yesterday in which Bode Miller squandered his first-run lead by catching his arm on a gate his second time down.
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Norwegian Lasse Kjus won a World Cup giant slalom for the first time in eight years on Saturday. The 33-year-old, a former world and Olympic champion and a circuit regular
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Canadian Thomas Grandi won his second World Cup giant slalom victory in three days with a convincing win on Tuesday. Grandi, who had never won in 12 years on the circuit before
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Slovenia&#39;s Tina Maze beat favourite Anja Paerson to win the second World Cup giant slalom of her career on Wednesday. Maze overturned a deficit of 0.33 seconds from the first leg to defeat last season&#39;s champion Paerson by 0.12 seconds.
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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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SANTA CATERINA, Italy  - Tina Maze of Slovenia  captured her second women's World Cup giant slalom of the  season Saturday, holding her nerve to win with more than a  second to spare.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Italy's Massimiliano Blardone powered to victory in the first men's World Cup giant slalom of the season on Saturday after local favorite Bode Miller stumbled in the second run.
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(CP) - Thomas Grandi credits a more relaxed approach to competition and work with a sport psychologist for his sudden success on skiing&#39;s World Cup circuit.
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The night before Thomas Grandi captured a giant slalom for his first victory in his 12 World Cup seasons, he was approached by a youngster who predicted he would win.
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OFTERSCHWANG, Germany  - Denise Karbon overcame a thumb injury to win her fifth giant slalom of the World Cup season on Saturday.