Finland's Palander leads after first giant slalom run
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ALTA BADIA, Italy  - Finland's Kalle Palander led after the first run of a tough men's World Cup giant slalom on Sunday which troubled some top names.
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ZWIESEL, Germany  - Austrian champion Marlies Schild took a big lead after the first leg of a women's slalom World Cup race on Sunday while two rivals for the overall championship struggled.
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Janne Ahonen of Finland won for the eighth time in nine World Cup events this season Wednesday, increasing his overall lead to 403 points.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Overall World Cup leader  Bode Miller blew his bid for a fifth win in six races when he  fell in the first leg of a giant slalom Saturday.
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REITERALM, Austria  - Niklas Rainer of Sweden led the standings after the super-G leg of a men's Alpine skiing World Cup super combined race on Sunday.
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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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Marlies Schild of Austria takes a curve on her way to setting the second fastest time during the first run of a World Cup women&#39;s Giant Slalom in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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Julia Mancuso slipped to second in the overall World Cup standings after Tanja Poutiainen won a giant slalom race yesterday and Nicole Hosp finished second in Zwiesel, Germany.
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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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Kalle Palander gets his third career giant slalom victory Sunday in Alta Badia, Italy, while American Ted Ligety skies the fastest second run to finish fifth.
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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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Marlies Schild won a World Cup giant slalom before her home fans Tuesday and Tanja Poutiainen of Finland regained the lead in the overall standings by finishing second.
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Norwegian Lasse Kjus returned to the hill where he won a world championship and tore through the second run with the fastest time Saturday to win a his first World Cup giant slalom
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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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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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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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Austria's Hermann Maier wins giant slalom gold at the world championships in Bormio.