Finnish star takes giant slalom
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Figuring she had no chance of catching the leader, Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill without fear. It worked out pretty well.
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Tahoe City&#39;s Julia Mancuso proved she was podium worthy in a World Cup women&#39;s giant slalom on Wednesday, but the results didn&#39;t reflect it.
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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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Hermann Maier won the giant slalom Thursday for his first gold medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships since 1999, two years before he nearly lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
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Bode Miller from the United States clears a gate during the men&#39;s ski World Cup giant slalom race, on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, in Soelden, Austria.
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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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Thomas Grandi of Canada won his first World Cup victory after 12 years of trying on Sunday after leader Kalle Palander crashed out of the second leg of a giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy.
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American Bode Miller won the season-opening giant slalom by more than a second Sunday, the initial step toward what he hopes will be the first World Cup overall title for a U.S. skier in more than two decades.
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Austria's Hermann Maier wins giant slalom gold at the world championships in Bormio.
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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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Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria cut through falling snow to win the first women's World Cup super giant slalom of the season Sunday.
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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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The skier from Canmore, Alta., won a giant slalom race Tuesday for his second World Cup victory in three days. He overtook Switzerland&#39;s Didier Cuche, who led after the first run, posting a combined two-run time of two minutes 15.90 seconds.
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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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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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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado -- 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 since 1990
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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.