Maier Resists His Decline With 'Very Special' Victory
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Hermann Maier finished first in the giant slalom for his first gold medal at the world championships since 1999.
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Bode Miller has something to cheer about at the Hahnenkamm World Cup races, winning the downhill and combined events to pass Phil Mahre as the winningest American skiier ever.
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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.
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The winner, Werner Franz of Austria, was second out of the starting gate, and did not suffer from the biting cold and harsh wind faced by the later runners.
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Early results of a local election in Germany show the country&#39;s ruling Social Democratic party appears to have avoided a major defeat following a string of recent electoral losses.
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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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By Jeffrey Spivak, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 19--At one time, Albert Riederer decided to stay out of the Kansas City mayor's race.   But the candidates he wanted to support didn't run, and those who were running did not have qualities he wanted to support.
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Inspired by watching a short video of highlights from his victory at the Wales Open last year, Ian Poulter ensured there was no repeat of his experience at the BMW International three years ago.
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Austria's Andrea Fischbacher and Switzerland's Fabienne Suter share a victory in a super-G in Sestriere, Italy, that is shaped by varying wind and several crashes.
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ARE, Sweden  - Austrians Christoph Gruber and Hermann Maier were fighting for a men's downhill place at the world championships on Wednesday after clocking the first and fourth fastest times respectively in first training.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Max Rauffer became the first  German man in nearly 13 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup  race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill on  Saturday.
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Austria&#39;s Werner Franz made up for lost time with his first World Cup downhill win after 12 years on the circuit. The 32-year-old clocked 1min 57.51sec on Val d&#39;Isere&#39;s OK piste for his second World Cup win after a super-G four years ago.
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Though an unprecedented seventh season title was conceded to him months ago, the German finally made it official. And he didn&#39;t even have to win to do it.
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FILDERSTADT, Germany  - New world number one  Amelie Mauresmo struggled to a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Patty  Schnyder in the second round of the Filderstadt Grand Prix on  Thursday.
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Winter Sports Bode Miller missed a gate and failed to finish his second run, opening the door for Canada's Thomas Grandi to win a giant slalom race at Alta Badia, Italy, yesterday for his first victory in 12 seasons on the World Cup circuit. Austria's Benjamin Raich was second and Switzerland's Didier Cuche and Austria's Hermann Maier shared third. Miller's ...
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The latest champion, and possibly the most convincing.
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Michael Walchhofer won a men&#39;s World Cup super-G on Friday as Austrians pushed overall leader Bode Miller off the Val Gardena podium.