Aksel Lund Svindal wins giant slalom
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Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the giant slalom Wednesday, and American Ted Ligety finished fourth, missing out on a medal by 0.07 seconds at the world ski championships.
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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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LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland  - Aksel Lund Svindal put himself in prime position to win the overall World Cup with a narrow victory in an incident-packed final downhill of the Alpine ski season on Wednesday.
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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.
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Aksel Lund Svindal became the first Norwegian to win the downhill gold medal at the Alpine world championships after defending champion Bode Miller was unable to hold an early lead.
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Canadian Thomas Grandi won his second World Cup giant slalom in three days Tuesday, while American Bode Miller extended his lead in the overall standings with a third-place finish.
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Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria won a highly technical giant slalom Saturday for her first World Cup victory.
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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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ARE, Sweden  - Aksel Lund Svindal became the first Norwegian downhill world champion on Sunday with a golden run at the Alpine skiing world championships.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Aksel Lund Svindal is no stranger to the top of the overall World Cup standings but is playing down any expectations that he will still be there at the end of the season.
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Aksel Svindal ha vinto la mediaglia d'oro nello slalom gigante dei Mondiali di Aare, in Svezia. Il n...
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Bode Miller blew his downhill lead by skiing off course in the slalom, allowing Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway to win a men's World Cup super-combi in Beaver Creek, Colo., yesterday .
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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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Marlies Schild won for the second time in as many days Wednesday, posting the fastest time in both runs to capture a night slalom to go along with her World Cup giant slalom victory on Tuesday.
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Anja Paerson of Sweden won her second straight world title in the women's super-giant slalom Tuesday and American Lindsey Kildow captured silver for her first world championship medal.
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Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria cut through falling snow to win the first women's World Cup super giant slalom of the season Sunday.
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Tina Maze of Slovenia won her third World Cup giant slalom Saturday in Maribor, Slovenia, while Vail's Lindsey Kildow enjoyed her best result in the event by finishing ninth.