Schild takes big lead after slalom first leg
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ZWIESEL, Germany  - Austrian champion Marlies Schild took a big lead after the first leg of a women's slalom World Cup race on Sunday while two rivals for the overall championship struggled.
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Marlies Schild won a World Cup giant slalom before her home fans Tuesday and Tanja Poutiainen of Finland regained the lead in the overall standings by finishing second.
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Marlies Schild of Austria takes a curve on her way to setting the second fastest time during the first run of a World Cup women&#39;s Giant Slalom in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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Canada&#39;s Thomas Grandi won a giant slalom Sunday for his first World Cup victory in his 12 seasons on the circuit. Bode Miller missed a gate and did not finish his second run, reducing the American&#39;s lead in the overall standings.
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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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Austrian Marlies Schild won the women's giant slalom in Semmering on Tuesday to the delight of herhome crowd.
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Marlies Schild restored Austrian pride in the women's giant slalom on Tuesday, winning a difficult fog-bound race to the delight of her home crowd.
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SIERRA NEVADA, Spain  - Austria's Marlies Schild was poised to collect the women's slalom World Cup on Sunday after setting the first-leg pace in the discipline she has dominated all season.
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Craig Stadler moved into position for his second straight victory Saturday, shooting a 9-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Jay Haas after the second round of the inaugural First Tee Open.
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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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ALTA BADIA, ITALY - Canada&#39;s Thomas Grandi won a giant slalom Sunday for his first World Cup victory in his 12 seasons on the circuit.
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SEMMERING, Austria  - Marlies Schild completed a  double on Semmering's magic mountain Wednesday, winning a World  Cup slalom in convincing fashion after victory in Tuesday's  giant slalom.
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KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia  - World champion Mario Matt took a 15-point lead over fellow Austrian Benjamin Raich in the slalom World Cup with victory in the discipline's penultimate race of the season on Sunday.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Italy's Massimiliano Blardone powered to victory in the first men's World Cup giant slalom of the season on Saturday after local favorite Bode Miller stumbled in the second run.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Local favorite Bode Miller, fresh from victory in Friday's downhill, was quickest in the first leg of a men's Alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom on Saturday.
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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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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.