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Wednesday, 28 December 2005 |
Sweden's Anja Paerson wins World Cup slalom in Austria
Swede Anja Paerson has won the women's World Cup giant slalom at Lienz in Austria.
Anja Paerson who has had a very impressive start to the new season,
clocked a combined time of two minutes 9.94 seconds over the two legs.
And Austrian Nicole Hosp was second in 2:10.15 and Slovenian Tina Maze finished third in a time of 2:10.34.
Anja Paerson led by 0.06 seconds after her first run and stretched her
advantage in the second run to give her the lead in the overall World
Cup standings.
It was Anja Paerson's third World Cup win of the season and followed
her slalom victories in Aspen, Colorado and at Spindleruv Mlyn in the
Czech Republic.
Anja Paerson is now eight points ahead of Croatian rival Janica Kostelic who finished Wednesday's race in sixth place.
"I was risking a lot and made a lot of mistakes because the visibility was terrible," said Anja Paerson after the slalom.
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