Ackermann Wins Nordic Combined Opener
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Ronny Ackermann of Germany won the season-opening Nordic combined World Cup event Saturday, with Todd Lodwick of the United States third.
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Germany&#39;s Martina Glagow won a 15-kilometer biathlon event Thursday for her first World Cup victory this season, and compatriot Sven Fischer won a men&#39;s 20-kilometer race.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - Bode Miller became the first man to open a World Cup season with three victories in three disciplines, winning a super G Sunday ahead of Hermann Maier.
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Michaela Dorfmeister put the Austrian women back on top with the team&#39;s first win of the Alpine ski World Cup season on Sunday.
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PORTO CERVO, Sardinia -- Norway&#39;s Petter Solberg made a storming start to the Rally of Italy as he built up a lead of more than half a minute after three stages.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Johann Grugger of Austria used a strong finish to capture his first World Cup downhill race Wednesday in Bormio, Italy.
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Steve Nyman of the United States won a downhill Saturday for his first World Cup victory. Nyman covered the 2.1-mile Saslong course in 1 minute, 56.52 seconds. Didier Cuche of Switzerland was second, 0.02 seconds behind, and Fritz Strobl of Austria was third.
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Janne Ahonen becomes the first ski jumper to win the prestigious Four Hills tournament for a fifth time on Sunday in Bischofshofen, Austria.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Norway&#39;s Marit Bjoergen won her third straight cross-country skiing World Cup event by taking the women&#39;s 1.2-kilometre classical style Tuesday in Asiago, Italy.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Outsider Max Rauffer made German ski history, winning the first men&#39;s alpine World Cup downhill for the nation in a dozen years over an elite field down one of the circuit&#39;s classic pistes.
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Anja Paerson won the women's combined event Friday, her second gold medal in as many races at the world ski championships. American Julia Mancuso took the silver medal.
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Petter Solberg (Subaru) made a superb start to open a 31 second lead over the opening three stages, two of which he won despite an overheating engine.
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Magnus Moan of Norway battled snowfall and strong wind yesterday to win a Nordic combined World Cup event, edging Bill Demong of the United States by 0.1 of a second in a photo finish.
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Ramstein's defending European Division I champions integrated a pair of newcomers into the lineup nicely on Saturday, opening the season with a 32-7 nonconference victory over Kaiserslautern.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Max Rauffer became the first  German man in nearly 13 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup  race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill on  Saturday.
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Austrian Stephan Goergl won his first World Cup Alpine ski race with victory in a super-G on Thursday, pushing American favorite Bode Miller into an unaccustomed second place.
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Anja Paerson of Sweden won a slalom for the first time this season Sunday while rival Tanja Poutiainen of Finland was third to capture the overall discipline title.