ALPINE SKIING: Maze wins, Paerson regains lead
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ST MORITZ (Switzerland): Swedenâs Anja Paerson returned to the top of the womenâs World Cup rankings on Wednesday but insisted that the overall title would be much tougher to win than last season.
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For the second time in three days at the world Alpine ski championships, Lindsey Kildow finished fourth. Janica Kostelic won the women's downhill on Sunday.
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Bode Miller&#39;s three-race winning streak ended yesterday in Beaver Creek, Colo., but the American still added to his commanding lead in the World Cup skiing overall standings by finishing second to Austria&#39;s Stephan Goergl in a Super G.
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ARE, Sweden  - Anja Paerson raced into Alpine skiing's record books then performed her trademark belly dive in front of the Swedish royal family on Sunday.
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Anja Paerson of Sweden won the downhill Sunday, becoming the first skier ever to collect gold medals in all five disciplines at the Alpine Skiing World Championships.
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ALTA BADIA, Italy  - Finland's Kalle Palander led after the first run of a tough men's World Cup giant slalom on Sunday which troubled some top names.
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SOLDEN, Austria : Favourite Anja Paerson of Sweden won the season-opening women&#39;s World Cup giant slalom. The overall World Cup holder clocked 2min 25.
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Croatia&#39;s Janica Kostelic won her first World Cup race in nearly two years, charging through steady snow and choppy conditions to beat Anja Paerson by more than a second Saturday in this season&#39;s first World Cup slalom.
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Bode Miller and Anja Paerson set off on parallel paths as the Alpine ski World Cup season began at the weekend. Both won their opening giant slaloms of the campaign
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Julia Mancuso added a silver medal to her growing collection and made US skiing history. Anja Paerson was golden again on her home slopes.
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ASPEN, Colorado  - Austria's Marlies Schild led after the first leg of a women's World Cup Alpine skiing slalom on Sunday.
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Max Rauffer became the first German man in 12 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill at Val Gardena.
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Pavol and Peter Hochschorner took the gold medal once again in pairs canoe slalom Friday, winning by more than 3 seconds.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen was heading for her second win in two days after leading the opening leg of the first World Cup slalom of the season on Saturday.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - Michaela Dorfmeister put  the Austrian women back on top with the team's first win of the  Alpine ski World Cup season on Sunday, providing the perfect  send-off as the circuit shifts back to Europe.
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The same three smiling faces that stacked the podium following Fridayâs World Cup giant slalom were back on top Saturday after the first of two womenâs slalom races on Aspen Mountain.
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ESTRIERE, Italy - World Cup leader Bode Miller won a slalom yesterday to join Marc Girardelli as the only men to win races in all four disciplines in a season.