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Japanese Paralympic Winter Games team at Olympic village

SESTRIERE, Italy- The Japanese Paralympic Winter Games team is welcomed at a ceremony in the Olympic village in Sestriere, Italy, ahead of the Games beginning March 10.

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Austria's Raich wins men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Austria's Benjamin Raich reacts after winning the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20.

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Austria's Raich wins men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Austria's Benjamin Raich (C), gold medalist of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is flanked by silver medalist Joel Chenal of France (L) and bronze medalist Hermann Maier of Austria during the flower ceremony in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20.

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Austria's Maier wins bronze in men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Austria's Hermann Maier skis down the course during his second run of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20. Maier took the bronze in the event.

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Austria's Raich wins men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Benjamin Raich of Austria celebrates after winning the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20.

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Austria's Raich wins men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Benjamin Raich of Austria smiles after his second run of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20. Raich took the gold in a total time of 2 minutes, 35.00 seconds.

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Austria's Raich wins men's alpine skiing giant slalom

SESTRIERE, Italy - Benjamin Raich of Austria skis down the course during his second run of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 20.

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Croatia's Kostelic takes silver in men's combined alpine skiing

SESTRIERE, Italy - Ivica Kostelic of Croatia celebrates with a handstand after winning the men's combined alpine skiing event at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 14. Austria's Rainer Schoenfelder (R) won bronze.

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Croatia's Kostelic takes silver in men's combined alpine skiing

SESTRIERE, Italy - Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, silver medalist of the men's combined alpine skiing event of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, celebrates with his sister Janica in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 14.

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U.S. Ligety wins men's combined alpine skiing race

SESTRIERE, Italy - Ted Ligety of the United States races toward a win in the downhill part of the men's combined alpine skiing race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 14. Ligety took gold in a total time of 3 minutes, 9.35 seconds.

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U.S. Ligety wins men's combined alpine skiing race

SESTRIERE, Italy - Ted Ligety of the United States (C) is flanked by Ivica Kostelic of Croatia (L) and Rainer Schoenfelder of Austria on the podium during the flower ceremony in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 14. Ligety won the men's combined alpine skiing event of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, followed by Kostelic and Schoenfelder

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U.S. Ligety win men's combined alpine skiing race

SESTRIERE, Italy - Ted Ligety of the United States celebrates his victory in the men's combined alpine skiing event at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 14.

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U.S. Ligety wins men's combined alpine skiing race

SESTRIERE, Italy - Ted Ligety of the United States passes a pole during the first slalom leg of the men's combined alpine skiing event at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 14. Ligety took gold in a total time of 3 minutes, 9.35 seconds.

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France's Deneriaz wins men's downhill

SESTRIERE, Italy - Antoine Deneriaz of France flies down the course during the men's downhill alpine skiing event in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on Feb. 12. Deneriaz won the race in a time of 1:48.80.

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Sestriere ready for Games opening

SESTRIERE, Italy - The Olympic mark stands out as the sun set behind the Alps in the northwestern Italian city of Sestriere on Feb. 5. Now assured of enough snow, the city that hosts the venue for Alpine Skiing events is all ready for the opening of the Turin Olympic Games on Feb. 10.