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Alpine skiing-Experience helps Kostelic win first slalom of the season

March 10, 2013 10:00
By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 10 (Reuters) - Ivica Kostelic used all his experience to win the men's World Cup slalom race in Kranjska Gora on Sunday, 10 years after his first victory in the Slovenian resort. Hampered by a lingering knee injury, the Croatian had not won a slalom race this season but the 33-year-old broke his duck in style to earn his 26th World Cup victory after clear first-leg leader Alexis Pinturault messed up his second run.

Skiing: Hirscher clinches World Cup slalom title

March 10, 2013 09:15
Croatia's Ivica Kostelic won a World Cup slalom race here on Sunday, with Marcel Hirscher of Austria finishing second to clinch the season's crystal globe in the discipline. France's Alexis Pinturault went fastest by a good margin on the first run, but he skied out on the second with victory in his sights, clearing the way for the veteran Kostelic to win a World Cup slalom for the first time since he triumphed at Wengen in January, 2012.

Alpine Skiing-World Cup men's standings

March 10, 2013 09:15
March 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Men's on Sunday Slalom Points 1. Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 880 2. Felix Neureuther (Germany) 616 3. Andre Myhrer (Sweden) 482 4. Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) 475 5. Manfred Moelgg (Italy) 309 6. Fritz Dopfer (Germany) 288 7. Jens Byggmark (Sweden) 274 8. Mario Matt (Austria) 269 9. Alexis Pinturault (France) 264 10. Reinfried Herbst (Austria) 197 11. Mattias Hargin (Sweden) 178 12. Manfred Pranger (Austria) 171 13. Stefano Gross (Italy) 170 14.

Alpine skiing-Kostelic wins Kranjska Gora slalom

March 10, 2013 08:45
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 10 (Reuters) - Croatia's Ivica Kostelic won a men's World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora on Sunday. Austria's Marcel Hirscher was second and fellow Austrian Mario Matt was third. (Reporting by Patrick Lang; Editing by Mark Meadows; mark.meadows@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 7933; Reuters Messaging:; mark.meadows.reuters.com@reuters.net)

UPDATE 3-Alpine Skiing-World Cup Kranjska Gora men's slalom results

March 10, 2013 06:30
March 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World Cup Kranjska Gora Men's Slalom after run 2 on Sunday Run 1 Run 2 Overall 1. Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) 52.30 53.51 1:45.81 2. Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 52.90 53.10 1:46.00 3. Mario Matt (Austria) 52.74 53.41 1:46.15 4. Jens Byggmark (Sweden) 52.42 53.76 1:46.18 5. Reinfried Herbst (Austria) 53.42 52.96 1:46.38 6. Andre Myhrer (Sweden) 52.24 54.49 1:46.73 7. Markus Larsson (Sweden) 53.74 53.34 1:47.08 8.

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March 9, 2013 15:16
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UPDATE 1-Alpine skiing-Fenninger keeps up late form with another win

March 9, 2013 11:15
(Adds quotes) By Manuele Lang OFTERSCHWANG, Germany, March 9 (Reuters) - Anna Fenninger kept her end-of-season momentum going to win a women's Alpine ski World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday. The 23-year-old Austrian, winner of a super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen a week ago, triumphed again with a combined time of two minutes 29.39 seconds. "It's pretty exciting to win again today, a week only after that Super-G victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen," Fenninger told reporters.

Alpine skiing: Fenninger earns giant slalom win, Maze second

March 9, 2013 10:30
Austria's Anna Fenninger claimed her second consecutive World Cup victory here on Saturday by winning the giant slalom with overall World Cup winner Tina Maze second. Having led after the first run, Fenninger, 23, backed up last Sunday's Super-G victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a winning time here of 2min 29.30sec with Slovenia's Maze second at 0.44sec. Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg finished third at 0.96sec over the two runs down the Ofterschwanger Horn course.

Alpine Skiing: Ligety clinches giant slalom World Cup

March 9, 2013 10:30
Ted Ligety of the United States won the World Cup giant slalom at Kranjska Gora on Saturday, ensuring he takes the crystal globe for the overall season winner in the discipline. Second place behind the American went to Marcel Hirscher of Austria with France's Alexis Pinturault in third. It is the fourth time that Ligety has won the World Cup giant slalom title after his season victories in 2008, 2010 and 2011. He is also the reigning world champion in the giant slalom.

UPDATE 1-Alpine skiing-Ligety wins giant slalom Cup in Kranjska Gora

March 9, 2013 10:30
(Adds quotes, background) By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 9 (Reuters) - Taking risks paid off for American Ted Ligety as he won the Kranjska Gora giant slalom for a fifth time on Saturday to secure the World Cup in the discipline. It was the triple world champion's fourth giant slalom crystal globe and the victory on the Podkoren slope, one of his favourites on the circuit, was his fifth of the season.
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