Sports: Paerson wins women&#39;s ski season opener
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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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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Steve Nyman collected his first Alpine ski World Cup race victory on Saturday, upstaging compatriot Bode Miller in the Val Gardena downhill.
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ST MORITZ, Switzerland  - Sweden's Anja Paerson celebrated her first World Cup win of the season with a well-deserved victory in Saturday's St Moritz downhill.
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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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ARE, Sweden  - With her super-combined win at the world championships on Friday, Anja Paerson became Sweden's most decorated gold medallist in Alpine skiing.
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Sweden&#39;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 on Saturday.
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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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ARE, Sweden  - Anja Paerson was as good as her word when she won the super-combined title at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday to collect her second gold medal in four days.
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ARE, Sweden  - Mario Matt rescued the Austrian men's team in the nick of time on Saturday, winning the men's slalom to give them their first gold medal of the Alpine skiing world championships.
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Bode Miller played volleyball with a few US teammates instead of defending his super-G gold medal Saturday. Yesterday, Julia Mancuso slept in, and fellow US star Lindsey Kildow went out and bought Mexican food and snow boots as stormy weather prevented the start of the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Are, Sweden, for the second day in a row.
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Grazie a una seconda manche eccezionale l'italiana terza nella gara vinta dall'austriaca HospArgento per la svedese Pietilae-Holmner, delude invece la favorita Anja Paerson                                            Mondiali sci, bronzo all'azzurra Karbon nello slalom gigante femminile
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Cristie Kerr won the United States Womenâs Open title Sunday, her first major victory in 42 career attempts.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen was heading for her second win in two days after leading the opening leg of the first World Cup slalom of the season on Saturday.
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Janica Kostelic of Croatia beat Anja Paerson of Sweden Saturday to take her first World Cup race in nearly two years in Aspen of Colorado, the United States.
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Thomas Morgenstern of Austria turned in the best overall performance Sunday to win the first stop of the prestigious Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany.
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Michaela Dorfmeister gave Austria its first women&#39;s World Cup victory of the season on Sunday at Lake Louise. She edged out compatriot Renate Goetschl to claim a super-giant slalom
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The big names in women's skiing are hitting form just in time for the start of next week's world championships, promising some fascinating battles.