Paerson opens skiing season in style
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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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In the end, the best-laid ski plans rise or fall on the whims of winter weather.
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THIS time of year, most ski racers are just starting to get the kinks out. But Bode Miller, the Michael Jordan of ski racing, has already put i an incredible season and it&#39;s just the beginning of December.
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Up-and-comer Tanja Poutiainen of Finland held off two of skiingâs giants, Swedenâs Anja Paerson and Croatiaâs Janica Kostelic, to win the giant slalom on Aspen Mountain Friday, the first of three World Cup races on Ajax this weekend.
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Lindsey Kildow of Vail, Colo., won her first World Cup skiing event yesterday, taking the season&#39;s first downhill in 1 minute, 23.44 seconds.
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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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BEAVER CREEK, Colo. - The greatest winter athlete America doesn&#39;t know almost had to stifle a laugh. &quot;Is everybody all right?
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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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ARE, Sweden  - The qualifying race for the men's giant slalom at the Alpine ski world championships on Monday attracted entries from some exotic nations but Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong stood out from the crowd.
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Julia Mancuso added a silver medal to her growing collection and made US skiing history. Anja Paerson was golden again on her home slopes.
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SOELDEN, Austria  - Bode Miller and Anja Paerson  set off on parallel paths as the Alpine ski World Cup season  began at the weekend.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - American 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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On a choppy course in Beaver Creek, Colo., Andre Myhrer never looked better. The 23-year-old Swede won a slalom for his first World Cup victory yesterday, preserving his lead during the second run on a deteriorated Birds of Prey slope.
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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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Ski fans used to a constant diet of Bode Miller and Hermann Maier enjoyed a varied menu this weekend. Thomas Grandi and Max Rauffer, veteran journeymen of the World Cup for
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - It was a sight skiing fans have become all too familiar with this season - Bode Miller standing on top of the medal podium.
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Defending overall champion Janne Ahonen won the World Cup ski jump opener in his home country Saturday, making the longest jumps in each round before boisterous, flag-waving fans.