Alpine Skiing: Finland&#39;s Poutiainen Wins Giant Slalom
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen took the first giant slalom World Cup win of her career Friday and dashed Anja Paerson&#39;s hopes of a triple success this weekend.
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Bode Miller made his ambitions clear when he won his fifth World Cup race of the season in a giant slalom on Sunday ahead of the best two skiers of recent years.
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Canada&#39;s Thomas Grandi won a giant slalom Sunday at Alta Badia, Italy, for his first World Cup victory in his 12 seasons on the circuit.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - American Bode Miller won his first World Cup super-giant slalom race Sunday, giving him his third consecutive victory of the season and moving him into an exclusive club.
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Anja Paerson is used to winning but this victory took seven attempts. Appearing to pick up where she left off last year, the Swede won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom for the first time in her career Saturday.
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American Bode Miller won the season-opening giant slalom by more than a second Sunday, the initial step toward what he hopes will be the first World Cup overall title for a U.S. skier in more than two decades.
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Marlies Schild of Austria won a women&#39;s World Cup giant slalom on the Hirschenkogel course Tuesday and Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen regained the lead in the overall standings with a second-place finish.
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Canadian Thomas Grandi won his second World Cup giant slalom victory in three days with a convincing win on Tuesday. Grandi, who had never won in 12 years on the circuit before
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Austria&#39;s Johann Grugger celebrates after winning the World Cup men&#39;s downhill race in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004.
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Figuring she had no chance of catching the leader, Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill without fear. It worked out pretty well.
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Finland's Kalle Palander defeated Bode Miller by more than a half-second to win a giant slalom Sunday for his 13th World Cup victory.
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USA&#39;s Bode Miller slaloms past a pole on his way to win a men&#39;s World Cup slalom at Sestriere, Italy, Monday, Dec. 13, 2004.
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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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VAL D'ISERE, France -- Bode Miller put his go-for-broke style temporarily in check yesterday and won a World Cup giant slalom for the second time this season.
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ALTA BADIA, Italy  - Finland's Kalle Palander won the men's World Cup giant slalom here for the second year in a row on Sunday after a superb first run.
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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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SANTA CATERINA, Italy  - Sweden's Anja Paerson won  the women's giant slalom at the world championships Tuesday to  claim her second gold medal of the competition.