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May 28, 2012
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Swedish skier Anja Pärson calls it quits
Sport: 12 Mar 12
Swedish alpine skier Anja Pärson, who amassed six Olympic medals in her 14 year career, announced on Monday that she would retire from competitive skiing this week.
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'If I was Pärson I would've quit long ago': Lindsey Vonn
Sport: 10 Mar 12
For her eleventh World Cup win of the season, American skiing sensation Vonn beat out her Swedish counterpart Anja Pärson by nearly six seconds and says that if she were in Pärson's shoes, she would've quit long ago.
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The Austrian resort that made me learn to love skiing
Travel: 19 Sep 11
With an eight months ski season, incredible facilities and spectacular shows, Sölden – a popular skiing resort in eastern Austria – has something for everyone, as travel writer and ski-beginner Malin Nyberg discovers.
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Swedes claim team bronze at ski worlds
Sport: 16 Feb 11
Sweden claimed the team bronze at the world ski championships in Germany on Wednesday after demolishing Italy 4-0 in the third-place play-off.
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Anja Pärson claims world bronze
Sport: 11 Feb 11
Sweden's Anja Pärson claimed a dramatic 12th world championship medal on Friday after she claimed the bronze medal in the super combined in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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Sweden's Pärson second in downhill to Vonn
Sport: 8 Jan 11
American ski superstar Lindsey Vonn beat Swedish veteran Anja Pärson for her 20th downhill victory on the World Cup circuit in Zauchensee, Austria on Saturday.
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Spectacular crash ends Järbyn's Olympics
Sport: 20 Feb 10
Veteran Swedish skier Patrik Järbyn saw his Olympic career come to an abrupt end on Friday as he crashed out of the super-G at the Vancouver Olympics.
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Anja Pärson beats pain to claim Olympic medal
Sport: 18 Feb 10
Swedish skier Anja Pärson battled through the pain barrier to claim an heroic bronze medal in the women's super-combined at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Thursday.
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Anja Pärson crashes out of 'icy' downwhill
Sport: 18 Feb 10
Swedish skier Anja Pärson crashed out of the women's downhill in Whistler on Wednesday leaving American Lindsey Vonn to claim the gold.
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Pärson forecasts rain on Vonn's golden parade
Sport: 17 Feb 10
Sweden's Anja Pärson and Maria Rieschen of Germany will be doing their best to make sure Lindsey Vonn's expected gold medal streak does not take the shine off their own Olympic Games.
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Swedes set sights on ten Vancouver medals
Sport: 5 Feb 10
Sweden has declared a target of ten medals at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, despite a record haul of 14 in Turin four years ago.
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Pärson scores timely World Cup victory
Sport: 29 Jan 10
Top Swedish skier Anja Pärson sealed her first World Cup win of the season in the women's super-combined event in St. Moritz on Friday, just weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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Anja Pärson trails US champ in skiing World Cup
Sport: 1 Feb 09
Swedish skier Anja Pärson played second fiddle in the Super G on Sunday to US starlet Lindsey Vonn, who added to her slalom success in the World Cup event in Germany.
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Surprise World Cup win for Swedish alpine skier
Sport: 26 Jan 09
Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby raced to a surprise alpine skiing victory on Monday, taking first place in the women’s World Cup Super-G in Cortina, Italy.
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Pärson claims 40th career World Cup win
Sport: 18 Jan 09
Swedish skier Anja Pärson claimed her 40th World Cup career victory as she won the women's downhill in Zauchenzee in Austria on Sunday.
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Pärson settles for third in skiing world cup
Sport: 17 Jan 09
Sweden's Anja Pärson had to make do with third place in the super combined World Cup race at Zauchensee on Saturday. Lindsey Vonn of the United States survived a near fall to win with Austrian Kathrin Zettel in second.
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Anja Pärson claims season's first World Cup victory
Sport: 19 Dec 08
Swedish ski sensation Anja Pärson has recorded her first World Cup win of the season with victory in the super-combined in Saint Moritz.
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Pärson records season best in Spain slalom
Sport: 14 Dec 08
Swedish skier Anja Pärson recorded her best performance of the season in claiming fifth place in the World Cup event in La Molina in Spain.
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Pärson posts top time in World Cup ski prep
Sport: 5 Dec 08
Sweden's Anja Pärson had the fastest downhill training time Thursday and said she is ready to move beyond an earlier run of tough luck on the slopes of Canada's Lake Louise resort.
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Sports digest: Hurdler Kallur raises the bar
Sport: 4 Feb 08
Susanna Kallur and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were a couple of bright flashes on a weekend filled with near misses for Sweden's stars of sport.
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Sports digest: Ibrahimovic double rescues Inter
Sport: 21 Jan 08
Football: Ibrahimovic, Eriksson, Edman and Lagerbäck make the headlines. Alpine: Ferry seals maiden biathlon victory. Podium finishes for Byggmark and Pärson. Tennis: Arvidsson pulls of Australian Open shock.
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Ibrahimovic scoops top sports awards
Sport: 15 Jan 08
Zlatan Ibrahimovic shares a joke with fiancée Helena Seger and show jumping star Malin Baryard at Monday night's Swedish Sports Awards.
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Sports digest: Anja Pärsson scores double victory
Sport: 17 Dec 07
Skiing: Pärson impresses in Switzerland. Golf: Two Swedish golds in Hungary. Football: Albin Ekdal goes to Juventus.
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Anja Pärson races past favourites
Sport: 15 Dec 07
Anja Pärson stuns the pre-race favourites to claim victory in the women's downhill in Saint Moritz, her first World Cup win of the season.
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Sports personality of the year: Anja Pärson
Sport: 4 Dec 07
Anja Pärson is Sweden's top sports personality for the second year in succession.
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Sports Digest: Gothenburg Angels answer fans' prayers
Sport: 29 Oct 07
Football: IFK Göteborg edge out Djurgården and Kalmar to secure title. Golf: Chopra and Jacobson head the field in Florida. Skiing: Swedes sprint to podium in Düsseldorf.
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Sports digest: Ice hockey season reaches semi final stage
Sport: 19 Mar 07
Wednesday sees the start of the semi finals of Elitserien. Zlatan bags a brace. Edsbyn's bandy team breaks Hammarby hearts. Golf still not tax deductible. Victory again for peerless Pärson.
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Tärnaby - an alpine gold mine in Sweden's far north
Lifestyle: 27 Feb 07
Tärnaby - population 600 - has produced Sweden's two greatest skiers of all time. With one further star now burning brightly in the Polar sky, what is it that makes this tiny town so special?
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Pärson reigns supreme as Åre World Championships close
Sport: 18 Feb 07
Anja Pärson brought the curtain down on the world championships on Sunday by pulling level with Norwegian Lasse Kjus in a prestigious medals table seen as alpine skiing's rich list.
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Perfect Pärson in seventh heaven
Sport: 11 Feb 07
Swedish ski sensation Anja Pärson made history on Sunday, becoming the first woman to take World Championship gold medals in all five alpine disciplines. It was her third gold medal at this year's World Championship.
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Anja calls for calm as she targets third Åre gold
Sport: 10 Feb 07
As she goes for a third gold at the 2007 World Championships, Swedish ski ace Anja Pärson says she has a long way to go before being even mentioned alongside Scandinavian alpine legends Ingemar Stenmark or Kjetil Andre Aamodt.
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Pärson wins gold in Åre
Sport: 9 Feb 07
Anja Pärson has won the women's super-combined title at the world ski championships in Åre, gaining her sixth career world title.
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Pärson wins super-G in Åre
Sport: 6 Feb 07
Anja Pärson has successfully defended her super-G title at the World Ski Championships in Åre. She is the first woman skier for a decade to win the title two year's running.
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Sweden's skiing sensation hopes for glory
Sport: 5 Feb 07
Jens Byggmark is one of Sweden's big hopes in this week's World Skiing Championships, having made a scorching entry in his first World Cup season.
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Åre: organisers hope for weather improvement
Sport: 4 Feb 07
Skiing stars at the World Skiing Championships in Åre could be waiting until Tuesday for their races, which have been postponed due to strong winds and heavy snowfall.
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Swede in slalom success
Sport: 27 Jan 07
Swedish skier Jens Byggmark has registered his first World Cup success, winning the men's slalom on Saturday.
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Stockholm Syndrome: Sporting loyalty
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Mar 06
Sweden's success in the Winter Olympics turns a diverse bunch of immigrants into yellow-and-blue-flag-waving vikings (sort of) - but does that make them any more Swedish?
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Giant slalom bronze for Sweden - but not for Anja
Sport: 24 Feb 06
Anja Pärson threw away a great chance for another gold medal in the women's giant slalom on Friday - but fellow Swede Anna Ottosson claimed her first major podium place, storming home for a bronze medal.
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Swedish media hails golden Anja
Sport: 23 Feb 06
The Swedish papers revel in the gold and two bronzes won so far by skier Anja Pärson at the Winter Olympics. Even the king of Sweden, Carl Gustaf, and the king of Swedish skiing, Ingemar Stenmark, have joined the queue to congratulate her.
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Gold for Pärson in slalom
Sport: 22 Feb 06
Anja Pärson shows her fellow Swedes what all the snow and ice is here for, as she wins gold in Turin. The 24-year old celebrated with her now-trademark bellyflop.
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Second bronze for Pärson
Sport: 18 Feb 06
SEE ALSO: PÄRSON SLAMS OLYMPIC SECURITY
Sweden's Anja Pärson won her second bronze medal of the 2006 Winter Olympics in the women's combined alpine event in San Sicario Fraiteve on Saturday afternoon.
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Pärson slams Olympic security
Smörgåsbord: 18 Feb 06
Alpine star Anja Pärson of Sweden has hit out at overzealous security agents who stopped her ski serviceman from being allowed to adjust her skis just before Friday night's combined slaloms.
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Downhill bronze for Pärson
Sport: 15 Feb 06
Anja Pärson, Sweden's biggest medal hope at the Winter Olympics, notched up her first podium place on Wednesday morning.
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Pärson hits top form in time for Olympics
Sport: 4 Feb 06
With just six days until the start of the Winter Olympics in Turin, Sweden's Anja Pärson notches up another World Cup win - but this time she had to share the top spot in the giant slalom.
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Pärson speeds ahead in Italy
Smörgåsbord: 28 Jan 06
Sweden's Anja Pärson wins the women's World Cup super-G in Italy, beating off competition from her two American rivals. "I'm very proud," the Swede admits, but decides to miss Saturday's downhill race to focus on Sunday's grand slalom.
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Rickardsson and Pärson rule Swedish sport
Sport: 17 Jan 06
Speedway star Tony Rickardsson and downhill skiing sensation Anja Pärson picked up the big prizes at Monday night's Sports Gala - and the reaction was a resounding "about time".
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Surprise World Cup victory for Swede Anja
Sport: 13 Jan 06
Sweden's Anja Pärson, one of the nominees for the Swedish sportswoman of the year, won the women's World Cup downhill race in the Austrian resort of Bad Kleinkirchheim on Friday - to her surprise.
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Anja Pärson heads World Cup rankings
Smörgåsbord: 29 Dec 05
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