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May 28, 2012
Slalom
The following articles have been tagged with "Slalom":
Sweden's Myhrer claims slalom World Cup title
Sport: 18 Mar 12
Sweden's André Myhrer won the slalom World Cup title in Schladming, Austria on Sunday after winning the final men's race of the season and overtaking Croatian Ivica Kostelic in the final rankings.
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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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Two Swedes notch wins at Nordic World Cup
Sport: 21 Feb 11
Swedes topped the podium twice over the weekend with Nordic World Cup wins in Norway. A Swedish alpine skier also won silver in the slalom at the World Ski Championships in Germany.
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Sweden's Pietilä Holmner claims world ski bronze
Sport: 19 Feb 11
Sweden's Maria Pietilä Holmner won the bronze medal at the world skiing championships in Germany on Saturday, coming in behind Austria's Marlies Schild and Kathrin Zettel.
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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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Two Swedish skiers reach World Cup podium
Sport: 7 Jan 11
Swede slalom specialist Andre Myhrer claimed his second career World Cup victory on Thursday in Zagreb, Croatia, while countryman Mattias Hargin came in third.
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Swede Pietilä Holmner notches second World Cup win
Sport: 3 Jan 11
Sweden’s Maria Pietilä Holmner emerged victorious in the parallel slalom event in Munich, Germany on Sunday, marking her second World Cup victory this season.
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Sweden's Pietilä Holmner wins first World Cup title
Sport: 29 Nov 10
Sweden's Maria Pietilä Holmner won her first World Cup title in the women's alpine slalom on Sunday in Aspen, Colorado.
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Swedish skier sets pace in alpine World Cup
Sport: 28 Nov 10
Swedish skier Maria Pietilae-Holmer led the field after the opening leg of the women's alpine World Cup slalom on Sunday.
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Myhrer runner up in Alpine season opener
Sport: 14 Nov 10
Sweden's André Myhrer claimed a creditable second place behind France's Jean-Baptiste Grange in the opening slalom race of the World Cup series in Levi, Finland on Sunday.
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March in Sweden: Slush, bears and skiing royals
Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
The Year in Sweden - March: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Sweden grabs slalom bronze
Sport: 28 Feb 10
André Myhrer won Sweden's tenth Winter Olympics medal in Vancouver on Saturday finishing third place in the mens slalom following an impressive spurt in the final leg of the race.
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Pärson sets sights on slaloms
National: 21 Feb 10
Slalom specialists Anja Pärson of Sweden and Maria Riesch of Germany can now focus on the more technical events after the speed disciplines of the women's Olympic alpine skiing program finished on Saturday in Vancouver.
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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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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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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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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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Winter city guides for parents and kids: Gothenburg
Lifestyle: 18 Nov 08
Sweden's second city has plenty of options for families with children this winter, as Jennifer Heape finds out.
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What’s on in Sweden: August 1 - 7
Lifestyle: 31 Jul 08
What’s on: Europride reaches a climax in Stockholm, Way Out West in Gothenburg and Propagandhi in Malmö.
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Stenmark laments loss of slalom kudos
Sport: 17 Feb 08
Swedish ski legend Ingemar Stenmark laments the relative loss of kudos of the slalom.
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Sports digest: Sunderland's Swedish signing raring to go
Sport: 28 Jan 08
Football: Rade Prica out to make his mark for Sunderland. Golf: Stenson runner-up in Qatar. Alpine: Borssen pushes Schild close in World Cup slalom.
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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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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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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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Byggmark falls in Åre slalom
Sport: 17 Feb 07
Swedish gold medal hope Jens Byggmark became one of the many casualties in the slalom at the World Skiing Championships in Åre on Saturday.
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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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Ex-ministers get millions for not working
Politics: 9 Feb 07
Six ministers in Sweden's former government are still being paid full salaries of nearly 100,000 kronor a month, without having to do anything for their money. Ex-minister Jens Orback says the deal is fair.
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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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Swede Byggmark wins second slalom
Sport: 28 Jan 07
Sweden's in-form Jens Byggmark won his second men's World Cup slalom within the space of 24 hours in Kitzbühel on Sunday.
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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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School student dies in sledging crash
National: 13 Jan 07
An 18-year-old man died on a ski slope in northern Sweden on Saturday after the protective mattress he was using as a sledge crashed into a tree.
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Swedish alphabet poses sex problems for ski site
National: 13 Dec 06
Alpine enthusiasts typing Åre2007 into their address bars have been exposed to much more than ski lifts and giant slalom in the Swedish mountains, after a pornography site hijacked their name.
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Forest fires 'started deliberately'
National: 15 Jun 06
Police were searching for a pyromaniac in the central Swedish town of Sveg on Thursday, after a number of forest fires broke out.
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Stockholm streets to become ski slopes
Smörgåsbord: 1 Apr 06
Stockholm City Council has announced plans to introduce a new leisure activity to the city's streets in time for next winter: urban skiing. "Stockholm could be to skiing what Monte Carlo is to motor racing," says a council official.
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Swedish woman dies skiing in Norway
National: 25 Mar 06
Two people died on Saturday in skiing-related incidents in Norway. One of them was a 54 year old Swedish woman who was killed in an accident in Hemsedal, northwest of Oslo, in the afternoon.
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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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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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