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Meanwhile, American men are making like the Swiss and Austrians, too, with Ted Ligety in first place after his third consecutive giant-slalom win.
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Then a routine drug test detected minuscule traces of marijuana in the Canadian Ross Rebagliati, the giant-slalom gold medalist.
Into Thick Air 2008
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He has just one giant-slalom podium in his star-spangled career.
USATODAY.com - Rahlves leaves Winter Games empty-handed 2006
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"I just wanted to let the skis run [and] remain calm and on the edge," said Swede Anja Paerson of her winning giant-slalom performance.
USATODAY.com - With assist, Paerson wins gold again; Mancuso third 2005
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I am happy to carve gentle giant-slalom turns in groomed snow on intermediate trails.
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Olympic champion Carlo Janka of Switzerland won a men's World Cup giant-slalom race, 10 days after having surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Ligety won his third Cup giant-slalom championship in four years, surpassing the U.S. record of two set by Phil Mahre of Yakima.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The men's giant-slalom race was canceled because rain and warm weather left the course soft.
The Seattle Times 2011
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With the runs broad and firm and fast under the fine grooming, we opened the throttle and smoked down them on our giant-slalom skis, grateful that everyone else had slept late and left the pistes open for us.
NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON 2012
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Carlo Janka of Switzerland won a men's World Cup giant-slalom race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, 10 days after having surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat.
NYT > Home Page By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2011
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