OFTERSCHWANG, Germany, March 6 (Reuters) - Austria's Kathrin
Zettel took a huge step towards her first giant slalom World Cup
title when she took her fourth victory of the season in the
discipline on Friday. The Austrian super-combined world champion clocked a
combined time of two minutes and 36.48 seconds on the German
piste and now leads her closest rival for the crystal globe,
Tanja Poutiainen, by 41 points. The Finn was third, 0.52 seconds adrift, Elisabeth Goergl
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Finland's Tanja Poutiainen, center, winner of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, celebrates on the podium with second placed Austria's Kathrin Zettel, left, and third placed Italy's Denise Karbon, in Soelden, Austria on October 24. (AP Photo) SOELDEN, October 24 (AP): Tanja Poutiainen of Finland won the opening race of the ski season by the smallest of margins Saturday... Read Full Story
Kathrin Hoelzl surprised the field to win the women's giant slalom at the World Ski Championships here Thursday and hand Germany its first medal of the two-week competition. The 24-year-old German, who was in fourth position after the first run, recorded the sixth-fastest second run to clock a combined 2min 03.49sec on the Bellevarde piste which proved treacherous as the piste began to break up. "It's incredible, I can't believe it," said Hoelzl. "When I saw Tina Maze's run, I said to myself... Read Full Story
Kathrin Hoelzl surprised the field to win the women's giant slalom at the World Ski Championships here Thursday and hand Germany its first medal of the two-week competition. The 24-year-old German, who was in fourth position after the first run, recorded the sixth-fastest second run to clock a combined 2min 03.49sec on the Bellevarde piste which proved treacherous as the piste began to break up. In the absence of American Lindsey Vonn - out with a cut thumb, Hoelzl finished 0.09sec ahead of... Read Full Story
Kathrin Zettel took advantage of an early start and led the opening run of the women's giant slalom at the world championships on Thursday. The Austrian is seeking her second gold medal after winning the super-combi last week. The first skier out of the gate, Zettel timed 59.53 seconds down the steep Bellevarde course, which was used for men's speed races. Tanja Poutiainen of Finland placed second, 0.40 seconds behind, and Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany was third, 0.57 back. Results were not... Read Full Story
VAL D'ISERE, France, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn will
grab her ski pole with a bandaged thumb in a splint to chase a
third world championship gold medal in the women's slalom later
on Saturday. The 24-year-old American, who won the super-G and downhill
titles in this French Alps resort, missed Thursday's giant
slalom but is back for the last women's race in the event. Vonn cut her right thumb on a champagne bottle while
celebrating her downhill title on Monday and needed surgery to... Read Full Story
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(Reuters) - Finland's Tanja Poutiainen reacts after the women's alpine skiing World Cup slalom race in Semmering December 29, 2008. REUTERS/ Dominic Ebenbichler (AUSTRIA) Read Full Story
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Tina Maze won the final women's race of the World Cup season while Tanja Poutiainen took the giant slalom title.
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