Canada&#39;s Grandi Wins Giant Slalom
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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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FLACHAU, Austria  - Canadian Thomas Grandi stretched a pre-Christmas explosion of form, winning his second race in 48 hours with a World Cup giant slalom victory.
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SANTA CATERINA, Italy  - Sweden's Anja Paerson won  the women's giant slalom at the world championships Tuesday to  claim her second gold medal of the competition.
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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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A day after winning the Giant Slalom at Semmering, Austria&#39;s Marlies Schild repeated the feat in the slalom finishing with a combined time of 1:35.49.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - American Bode Miller made it a clean sweep Sunday, winning a World Cup super giant-slalom ski race. Miller, who won Saturday&#39;s downhill, captured Sunday&#39;s raced in a time of one minute 28.18 seconds to finish first.
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Calgary (Ski Press)-Canadaâs Thomas Grandi won his first World Cup victory Sunday, December, 19, 2004 in Alta Badia, Italy after first run leader, Kalle Palander of Finland crashed out of the second run of the December 19th giant slalom race.
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Austrian Marlies Schild won the women's giant slalom in Semmering on Tuesday to the delight of herhome crowd.
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SOELDEN, Austria Sweden&#39;s Anja Paerson (AHN&#39;-yuh PEER&#39;-sun) has won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom. The US got an encouraging showing when Kristina Koznick finished fourth, matching her best result of last season.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - Austria&#39;s Michaela Dorfmeister won the opening women&#39;s World Cup super giant slalom race of the season Sunday.
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ASPEN, Colorado (CP) - Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill on the final stretch of her second run and edged Sweden&#39;s Anja Paerson by 0.09 seconds for her first World Cup giant slalom title on Friday.
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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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Thomas Grandi of Canada kisses his ski after winning a men&#39;s World Cup Giant Slalom in the Austrian ski resort of Flachau, December 21, 2004.
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FLACHAU, Austria  - Canadian Thomas Grandi won his  second World Cup giant slalom in three days with a commanding  performance Tuesday.
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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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Thomas Grandi was flooded with phone calls and well wishes after his first World Cup giant slalom victory.
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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.