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Poutiainen wins World Cup opener

Associated Press

Saturday, October 24, 2009

SOELDEN, Austria -- Tanja Poutiainen of Finland won the opening race of the ski season Saturday, edging Kathrin Zettel of Austria by 0.01 second in the giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier. Poutiainen was trailing Zettel at the final checkpoint but made up time on the flatter bottom section, clocking a two-run combined time of 2 minutes, 24.96 seconds for her ninth career victory. "It's a good way to start and know that everything is working and you've done the right training," she said. Op ...

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