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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ARE, Sweden  - Patrick Staudacher of Italy won the men's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships on Tuesday in a time of one minute 14.30 seconds, according to provisional results.
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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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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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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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Finland's Tanja Poutiainen won a Women's  World Cup slalom Thursday but the Croatian fans were left  disappointed when Janica Kostelic failed to finish the first  leg of the race on her home ground.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen won for the second time in three races at Aspen Mountain, beating Italy&#39;s Manuela Moelgg by more than a second in a World Cup slalom on Sunday.
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ARE, Sweden  - Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal powered to victory in the men's giant slalom on Wednesday to bag his second gold medal of the Alpine skiing world championships.
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Austrian Stephan Goergl of Austria won a World Cup Super-G race, ending American Bode Miller&#39;s three-race winning streak Thurday in the Colorado Rockies.
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Tahoe City&#39;s Julia Mancuso proved she was podium worthy in a World Cup women&#39;s giant slalom on Wednesday, but the results didn&#39;t reflect it.
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Thomas Grandi of Canada speeds down the course on his way to winning a World Cup men&#39;s Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004.
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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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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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Bode Miller, of the USA, crosses the finish line to win the men&#39;s World Cup super-G in Lake Louise, Alta. on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004.
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VAL D'ISERE, France  - Bode Miller won his fifth  victory of the World Cup season in a giant slalom on Sunday  after the three men ahead of him all faltered.
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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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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.