Alpine skier Blardone wins giant slalom in Beaver Creek
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Massimiliano Blardone of Italy won the first men's World Cup giant slalom of the season on Saturday in a time of two minutes 27.88 seconds.
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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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Trionfo italiano nello slalom gigante di Beaver Creek. Max Blardone ha vinto con il tempo di 2'27"88...
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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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SOELDEN, Austria  - Sweden's Anja Paerson picked  up where she left off last season with a victory in the giant  slalom which opened the new Alpine ski World Cup campaign  Saturday.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - The Austrian women claimed their first victory of the season, finishing one-two in the year&#39;s opening World Cup super-giant slalom race Sunday, while three Canadians finished in the top 20.
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Anja Paerson is used to winning but this victory took seven attempts. Appearing to pick up where she left off last year, the Swede won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom for the first time in her career Saturday.
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Soelden, Austria - Anja Paerson picked up where she left off last year, winning the season-opening World Cup giant slalom in solid fashion on Saturday.
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Austria's Hermann Maier wins giant slalom gold at the world championships in Bormio.
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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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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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Denise Karbon of Italy won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom on Saturday, beating out Olympic giant slalom champion Julia Mancuso.
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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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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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MARIBOR, Slovenia  - Austria's Elisabeth Goergl ended Denise Karbon's run of success with victory in a women's giant slalom on Saturday.
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EAVER CREEK (Colorado): Overall World Cup champion Hermann Maier believes he is perfectly suited to the steep Beaver Creek course as he targets a return to form this week after his disappointing showing at Lake Louise.
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VAL D'ISERE, France  - Bode Miller won his fifth  victory of the World Cup season in a giant slalom on Sunday  after the three men ahead of him all faltered.