Skiing: Zahrobska hands Czechs a first ski world crown
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Sarka Zahrobska handed the Czech Republic their maiden alpine ski world title as Swedish star Anja Paerson failed in her bid to win an unprecedented fourth title for a woman at a single world championships in the slalom.
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ARE, Sweden  - Patrick Staudacher sprung a huge surprise on Tuesday when he became the first Italian male world champion in an Alpine skiing speed event for 55 years with a gold-medal run in the men's super-G.
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ARE, Sweden  - Switzerland's Daniel Albrecht made his first victory a world gold medal when he surprised the favorites to win the men's super-combined event at the Are championships on Thursday.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - Michaela Dorfmeister put  the Austrian women back on top with the team's first win of the  Alpine ski World Cup season on Sunday, providing the perfect  send-off as the circuit shifts back to Europe.
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Michaela Dorfmeister, an Austrian, won the opening women&#39;s World Cup super giant slalom race of the season on Sunday at Lake Louise, Alberta.
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Austria's Johann Grugger won the men's World Cup downhill, ahead of countrymen Michael Walchhofer and Fritz Strobl, for the first victory of his career.
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The Czech Republic&#39;s vaunted offense finally roared to life, erupting for five unanswered goals in the second period on the way to a 7-2 thrashing of Germany at the World Cup Friday.
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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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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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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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CHAMONIX, France  - Marco Sullivan won his first World Cup race with victory in a downhill on Saturday.
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America&#39;s Bode Miller won the first downhill of his career to clinch the opening race of the season at Lake Louise in Canada. Miller, who also won the opening giant slalom, set a time of one minute 42.75 seconds
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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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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado -- Austria&#39;s Stephan Goergl celebrated the first World Cup win of his career on Thursday when he took the second men&#39;s super-g race of the season at Beaver Creek.
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Miikka Kiprusoff stopped all 12 shots, and Saku Koivu and Niko Kapanen were among four goal scorers in Finland's 4-0 win over the Czech Republic in the World Cup of Hockey opener Monday.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - Lindsey Kildow of Vail, Colo., won her first World Cup downhill race Friday, continuing the American domination of the early part of the ski season.
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Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic won a 10-kilometer freestyle cross-country race Friday in a World Cup competition.