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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.

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.

Alpine skiing-Fenninger keeps up late form with another win

March 9, 2013 10:30
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.

Alpine skiing: Austria's Fenninger claims giant slalom win

March 9, 2013 10:00
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. ryj/as

Alpine skiing-Fenninger wins Ofterschwang giant slalom

March 9, 2013 09:45
OFTERSCHWANG, Germany, March 9 (Reuters) - Austria's Anna Fenninger won a women's Alpine ski World Cup giant slalom on Saturday. Slovenia's Tina Maze was second and Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg was third. (Reporting by Manuele Lang; Editing by Clare Fallon)

CORRECTED-Alpine skiing-Kranjska Gora win gives Ligety giant slalom Cup

March 9, 2013 09:31
(Corrects number of crystal globes won in 2nd para) By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 9 (Reuters) - American Ted Ligety 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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