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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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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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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World Cup overall leader Bode Miller won a giant slalom for the second time this season Sunday, rallying from fourth place in the opening leg.
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SEMMERING, Austria  - Marlies Schild restored  Austrian pride in the women's giant slalom Tuesday, winning a  difficult fog-bound race to the delight of her home crowd.
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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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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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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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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Norwegian Lasse Kjus won  a World Cup giant slalom for the first time in nine years as  Alpine skiing's golden oldies relived their past glories on  Saturday.
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ALTA BADIA, ITALY - Canada&#39;s Thomas Grandi won a giant slalom Sunday for his first World Cup victory in his 12 seasons on the circuit.
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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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KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia  - Benjamin Raich took the giant slalom World Cup lead with his third successive victory in Kranjska Gora on Saturday.
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VAL D'ISERE, France -- Bode Miller put his go-for-broke style temporarily in check yesterday and won a World Cup giant slalom for the second time this season.
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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.
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Bode Miller won a giant slalom WorldCup in Val D&#39;Isere, France on Sunday, his fifth victory of the season. Miller, fourth after the first leg, clocked his winning time oftwo minutes
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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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ALTA BADIA, Italy Thomas Grandi of Canada won a giant slalom race Sunday for the first victory of his 12-season World Cup career. Grandi was born near Alta Badia but emigrated with his parents to Canada as