Grandi wins giant slalom
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Thomas Grandi had his own cheering section in what he calls his second home when he skied to his first World Cup gold medal.
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ALTA BADIA, Italy Thomas Grandi of Canada won a giant slalom race Sunday for the first victory of his 12-season World Cup career. Grandi was born near Alta Badia but emigrated with his parents to Canada as
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ALTA BADIA, Italy (CP) - Thomas Grandi of Canmore, Alta., won a giant slalom Sunday for his first World Cup victory in his 12 seasons on the circuit.
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American Bode Miller won his first World Cup super-giant slalom Sunday, making him the first man to open an Alpine World Cup season with victories in three different disciplines and just the fifth skier to win a World Cup race in all four disciplines.
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Thomas Grandi of Canada kisses his ski after winning a men&#39;s World Cup Giant Slalom in the Austrian ski resort of Flachau, December 21, 2004.
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. Grandi, who had never won in 12 years on the circuit before Sunday&#39;s victory in the Italian resort of Alta Badia, beat first-leg leader Didier Cuche of Switzerland by 0.15sec with a time of 2min 15.90sec.
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Calgary (Ski Press)-Canadaâs Thomas Grandi won his first World Cup victory Sunday, December, 19, 2004 in Alta Badia, Italy after first run leader, Kalle Palander of Finland crashed out of the second run of the December 19th giant slalom race.
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Hermann Maier won the giant slalom Thursday for his first gold medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships since 1999, two years before he nearly lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
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Thomas Grandi of Canada won his first World Cup victory after 12 years of trying on Sunday after leader Kalle Palander crashed out of the second leg of a giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy.
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Canadian skier Thomas Grandi received a hero&#39;s parade Friday from his hometown of Canmore, Alberta, after his two recent World Cup victories.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Norwegian Lasse Kjus won  a World Cup giant slalom for the first time in nine years as  Alpine skiing's golden oldies relived their past glories on  Saturday.
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Tina Maze of Slovenia won her third World Cup giant slalom Saturday in Maribor, Slovenia, while Vail's Lindsey Kildow enjoyed her best result in the event by finishing ninth.
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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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John Kucera of Canada wins the season-opening super giant slalom Sunday in Lake Louise, Alberta, his first top 10 finish in a World Cup race.
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VAL D'ISERE, France  - 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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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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SEMMERING, Austria  - Marlies Schild restored  Austrian pride in the women's giant slalom Tuesday, winning a  difficult fog-bound race to the delight of her home crowd.