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	Janica Kostelic: the hottest athletic phenomena from Croatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kostelic was leading the Overall World Cup standings in mid December when the dramatic crash at St Moritz prevented her from having any strong chance of becoming one of the youngest ski racers ever to clinch the slalom World Cup title.
		Janica Kostelic was born on January 5, 1982 in Zagreb, Croatia to Mara and Ante Kostelic.
		Janica increased in her interest with skiing during her formative years and was now no longer falling but instead showing signs that she was a champion in the making.
	www.pujanke.hr /janica (953 words)

	Macomb Daily : Kostelic not holding back in latest comeback 12/04/04
		Kostelic led after one run and fell early in her second run in a second slalom, showing she has lost little of her aggressive style.
		Janica and her brother, Ivica, rocketed to stardom in the late 1990s, becoming national icons in Croatia after climbing from the depths of poverty.
		Janica always has overshadowed her older brother, who has been through his share of injuries and comebacks, in part because of her never-back-down approach.
	www.macombdaily.com /stories/120404/spo_kostelic001.shtml (838 words)

	Ski Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Janica Kostelic from Croatia proved that her win in the downhill portion of the combined event was no fluke, as she bested the best downhill skiers in the world to win her second title at the 2005 World Championships.
		Kostelic was only sixth fastest at the second interval on the Deborah Compagnoni course, but poured on the speed in the bottom turns to cross the line with a time of 1.39.90.
		Kostelic, who was chastised for downplaying the importance of the World Championship in 2003, was ecstatic about her seventh title in a major championship event.
	www.skiracing.com /news/news_display.php/2235/ALPINE/newsArticles (891 words)

	CNNSI.com - Winter Sports - Janica Kostelic marks birthday with win - Sunday January 05, 2003 11:35 AM
		Kostelic was sprayed with champagne and presented with a giant, yellow birthday cake by Croatian fans when she crossed the finish line on the Stelvio course.
		Janica's win, in one minute 36.74 seconds, was her fourth in six slaloms this season and allowed her to extend her lead in the overall standings to 1055 points.
		Kostelic, who won a record three gold medals and a silver at last year's Winter Olympics, led after the first leg and held on for the fifth-biggest winning margin in women's slalom history.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /wintersports/news/2003/01/05/ski_women (636 words)

	Janica Kostelic Wins Women's Slalom
		Olympic champion Janica Kostelic won the slalom for her second gold medal at the World Championships.
		Kostelic led by 0.40 seconds after her first run and beat Austria's Marlies Schild by 0.63 with a strong second run, finishing in 1 minute, 39.55 seconds.
		Kostelic became the first woman to win four medals at an Olympics when she picked up three golds and a silver last year in Salt Lake City.
	www.skiingmag.com /skiing/feature/article/0,12910,423555,00.html (417 words)

	Last News, Iran Ski Federation Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Janica Kostelic of Croatia finished two faultless runs Sunday to win her third slalom title of the season in a women's World Cup event under floodlights.
		Kostelic, who won her 14th career slalom, was never in danger and finished with a combined time of 1 minute, 38.67seconds.
		Kostelic, who will celebrate her 21st birthday next week, called her victory "an early present." The Croat, who finished second in Saturday's giant slalom, is leading the discipline standings by more than 100 points.
	www.skifed.ir /news8.asp (342 words)

	ABC Sport - Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		World Cup slalom queen Janica Kostelic has a double quest as she keeps her fingers crossed that her injury jinx won't derail her campaign for Olympic glory in Salt Lake City.
		Returning at Sestrieres early last month Kostelic promptly failed to qualify for the second leg of the slalom as she came in almost two seconds shy of the leading pack.
		Kostelic won the hearts of her compatriots by winning the World Cup last season and hundreds of fans turned out to meet her when she returned to Zagreb to hail her achievement - the first woman from a Balkan state to win the crown.
	www.abc.net.au /winterolympics/profiles/kostelic.htm (434 words)

	ESPN.com - Kostelic makes history by winning World Cup title
		Kostelic charged down the Griessenkar course in a two-run aggregate time of 1 minute, 37.92 seconds to finish 51 points ahead of the American in the slalom standings.
		The leader of the discipline standings, the 22-year-old Kostelic was one of the favorites heading into Salt Lake City alongside Miller, and expected to add to Croatia's medal tally after his record-breaking sister won three golds and a silver.
		Kostelic and Miller each won three World Cup slalom races this season, but Kostelic was more consistent all around, climbing the podium six times and scoring points in every race.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1348252&type=news (499 words)

	WinterSports2002.com - A good day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SNOWBASIN — Janica Kostelic took a moment Thursday, after winning the gold medal in the women's combined, to summarize her skiing career.
		Janica Kostelic of Croatia celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's combined downhill at Snowbasin Thursday with a time of 2:43.28.
		Kostelic's combined time for the three runs — two slalom and one downhill — was two minutes, 43.28 seconds.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/print/0,4060,70000725,00.html (680 words)

	The Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kostelic, who won the combined event 48 hours earlier, hit speeds of over 122 km/h to post a winning time of 1min 39.90sec and put the speed event's specialists in the shade.
		The 23-year-old Kostelic's victory was all the more special as she only returned to competition in November having spent the whole of the 2003/04 season sidelined, nursing knee injuries and having thyroid surgery.
		Kostelic's best downhill result this season was a second place behind Gotschl at Cortina in Italy but she admitted that downhill had always been her first love.
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/feb-2005/8/sports9.php (699 words)

	CNNSI.com - Winter Sports - Janica Kostelic to skip downhill at world ski champs - Thursday January 30, 2003 12:50 PM
		Kostelic's father Ante Kostelic, who coaches both Janica and her brother Ivica, told the Sportske Novosti daily that competing in the downhill could put his daughter under "psychological pressure." Kostelic seriously injured her knee in a fall during downhill practice in St. Moritz in 1999.
		Kostelic went "from one operation to another" for two years after that fall to fix a torn knee ligament, Ante Kostelic said, adding he fears she could get injured again.
		Kostelic, who clinched the World Cup slalom title last week and leads the overall standings, will compete in the slalom, giant slalom, super G and the combined event.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /wintersports/news/2003/01/30/kostelic_champs_ap (270 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Kostelic rallies to win Cup women's slalom event (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kostelic, a three-time Olympic champion, finished with a combined time of 1 minute, 38.67 seconds, and beat France's Christel Pascal by 1.11 seconds for her 14th career slalom victory.
		Pascal and Austria's Marlies Schild were tied for second after the first run, but Kostelic added to her advantage on the second run of 51.26.
		The 20-year-old Kostelic, who finished second in Saturday's giant slalom, is leading the slalom standings by 185 points.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/1229/1483818.html (239 words)

	ABC News: Kostelic Wins World Cup Slalom Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kostelic was second headed into the second run, just.05 seconds behind Tanja Poutiainen, and used a near-flawless second run to beat Paerson by 1.27 seconds.
		Kostelic finished the two runs in 1 minute, 43.7 seconds, winning in just her third race since missing 19 months because of knee injuries and a thyroid problem.
		Kostelic downplayed her comeback after Friday's race, but was clearly excited about her run on Saturday, raising her arms after crossing the finish line before slamming one of her poles into the snow.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=286370 (381 words)

	USATODAY.com - Kostelics complete first Alpine skiing World Cup sweep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Kostelics are icons in Croatia, their rise from poverty an inspiration in the country of 4.5 million, which is emerging from the ravages of war after declaring independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
		Janica Kostelic finished 2.08 seconds ahead of Austria's Elisabeth Goergl for the Croatian's fifth victory of the season.
		Janica was the fastest in both runs (47.37 and 49.37) and enjoyed a quick celebration after crossing the finish line as Italian organizers delivered her a birthday cake and a bottle of sparkling wine.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2003-01-05-alpine-worldcup_x.htm (1073 words)

	Janica Kostelic - Official
		Trostruka olimpijska pobjednica završila je druga iza Slovenke Tine Maze, a ispred lanjske pobjednice Anje Paerson.
		Nakon ozljede Janica Kostelić nastavlja sa snježnim treninzima i pripremama za sezonu 2005/2006.
		Janica se nalazi na Hintertuxu od subote, no prema ranijem dogovoru sa liječničkom eklipom, te stručnim vodstvom Janica je danas započela sa skijanjem, što je, kao što je i sama rekla, jedva dočekala.
	www.janica.hr /index.php?link=&lang=en (477 words)

	SkiNet.com \| Competition \| Kostelic May Miss Entire World Cup Season
		Croatia's Janica Kostelic speeds past a gate on her way to history during the women's giant slalom in Park City, Utah Friday, Feb. 22.
		Kostelic, who won three gold medals and a silver at the Salt Lake City Olympics, was upbeat about her future but declined to be specific about her ailment.
		Kostelic already missed the opening races of the World Cup season to recover from her latest knee surgery a month ago.
	www.skinet.com /skinet/competition/article/0,12855,537190,00.html (303 words)

	Olympics: Croatian makes history with giant-slalom win
		Janica Kostelic is the first athlete to earn four Alpine skiing medals in the same Olympics.
		Kostelic, 20, won the women's giant slalom Friday for her third gold of the Games.
		Kostelic dug into her bag for the flag used for the awards ceremony.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/02/23/Olympics/Croatian_makes_histor.shtml (786 words)

	CreadersNET -- News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Janica Kostelic's road from Croatia to Olympic glory is a stirring tale of determination, pain and a battered Lada car she occasionally used to sleep in.
		Janica, older brother Ivica and father Ante -- a former handball coach who turned to skiing as Yugoslavia fell apart -- are Team Kostelic at the Salt Lake City Games and could be celebrating a few more medals yet.
		Kostelic, asked about the romance of winning Croatia's first medal on Valentine's Day, was full of pride.
	www.creadersnet.com /newsViewer.php?idx=96480 (539 words)

	2002 Winter Olympic Games - Wrap-Up - Salt Lake City - on MountainZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		And then there's Janica Kostelic, the "Croatian Sensation," who became the first alpine skier to win four Olympic medals in a single Winter Games.
		Looking a little like a Euro-Picabo with her freckled face and pigtails, Kostelic, in winning her fourth medal, in the giant slalom, demolished the competition, winning by over a second, which is to ski racing what a lap is to NASCAR.
		Kostelic's four-medal history making feat, was the second great achievement for her.
	www.mountainzone.com /olympics/2002/html/wrapup_6.html (139 words)

	St. Moritz, Switzerland - 2000 FIS Alpine World Cup Ski Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Croatia's "wondergirl" Janica Kostelic suffered a dramatic spill in St. Moritz while training on the downhill course on Thursday morning.
		Janica was first transported to a local hospital in St. Moritz where the first examinations showed that she had torn almost all the ligaments in her right knee in that accident.
		Kostelic, who celebrated two consecutive wins in slalom within the past weeks, was leading the Overall World Cup standings after her latest success in Sestriere, France.
	classic.mountainzone.com /ski/2000/worldcup/alpine/stmoritz (448 words)

	SKI- Janica Kostelic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Olympic and world champion Janica Kostelic is gearing up for a return to the slopes after recovering from knee surgery, her spokesman said Wednesday.
		Kostelic, a three-time Olympic champion and recent world champion, won the overall World Cup title for the second time this season.
		Kostelic spent most of her rehabilitation at a resort on Croatia's northern Adriatic coast with U.S. skier Caroline Lalive, who was recovering from torn knee ligaments sustained in a World Cup downhill race in early March.
	www.cp.org /english/online/full/skiing/030409/I040902AU.html (134 words)

	2002 Winter Olympic Games - Alpine Women's Combined - Salt Lake City - on MountainZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By posting a slalom margin of more than a full second and overcoming a fear of the downhill heightened by a multitude of knee injuries over the past two seasons, Janica Kostelic won the first Olympic medal in the short history of Croatia, and made it gold.
		Kostelic claimed the slalom leg of the Olympic women's combined handily with Germany's Martina Ertl finishing 2nd and Marlies Oester of Switzerland a distant 3rd, more than two seconds behind.
		Kostelic took a commanding lead in the race's technical portion, but had doubts entering the speed portion.
	www.mountainzone.com /olympics/2002/html/ski_w_combined.html (444 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Skiing news / Skier Kostelic Plans Return to Race Course (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 21-year-old Kostelic, who has not competed this season after a health scare in November, will ski before the first of two women's slaloms scheduled at the Madonna di Campiglio resort on Tuesday and Wednesday.
		Kostelic, who has had four operations on her right knee in 2003, suffered from thyroid problems last year and had a rapid heart beat after she began training in Zermatt, Switzerland.
		Kostelic has been resting at home while her colleagues have competed in North America.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/skiing/articles/2003/12/15/skier_kostelic_plans_return_to_race_course?mode=PF (573 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		During the Utah World Cup, Kostelic, a member of the Croatia national ski team, won the slalom competition.
		In December 2002, Kostelic took the slalom and combined titles at the World Cup in Switzerland.
		Kostelic is currently ranked No. 1 in the world in Alpine skiing.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=961 (179 words)

	CBC Sports - Road to Torino: Kostelic conquers combined at skiing worlds
		One year removed from illness and injury, Croatia's Janica Kostelic proved why she is one of the most talented skiers in the world.
		Kostelic was dominant in the morning's downhill, posting a 0.66-second advantage over Paerson.
		Kostelic and Paerson are expected to battle it out for the overall World Cup title this year.
	www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/02/04/Sports/skiworlds050204.html (459 words)

	Bormio - Janica and Ivica Kostelic both in Sunday's Slalom - Home - News - B.E.S.T Bormioonline.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Janica is going to open the race as a forerunner while Ivica is one of the top aspirants for the victory.
		Janica took the victory of Bormio's Slalom, which was taken over from Berchtesgaden and Ivica finished first in Kranska Gora, Slovenia, still a Slalom.
		Janica liked Bormio that much that she decided to stay here and in Santa Caterina to train on the best slopes of the Alps.
	www.bormioonline.com /en?c=146&k=294&m=2&p=2948 (233 words)

	SKI in Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kostelic held on to her lead with the best second leg as well in a time of 51.62 seconds, only 0.08 ahead of Paerson, who improved vastly from her first run.
		Kostelic said she found the Olympia course "a little too flat and easy" and was pleased that local organizers planned to make it more difficult before the 2007 world championships in Are.
		Kostelic, who has had a succession of knee injuries in her career and will undergo minor surgery on her right knee after the season, said she had injured her right thumb on Saturday.
	www.xtdev.com /ski/wmview_en.php?ArtID=232 (702 words)

	Swede's style captures World Cup slalom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The excitement of the competition never ceased as Kostelic, the defending World Cup slalom champion, and the last to race, nearly duplicated her winning performance at the season-opening slalom in Park City, Utah, last week.
		In the super G the day before, Kostelic also was the runner-up, making Saturday's feat her fourth straight World Cup podium visit.
		At the conclusion of Kostelic's run, Paerson ran into the finish area, tossed her skis aside, dove into the ground and slid across the snow on her belly.
	www.aspendailynews.com /Search_Articles/view_article.cfm?OrderNumber=5022 (595 words)

	Kostelic Wins Fourth Medal in GS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kostelic Wins Fourth Medal in GS Kostelic Wins Fourth Medal in GS Park City, UT (Friday, February 22, 2002) - Croatian Janica Kostelic wrapped up her 2002 Olympic Winter Games campaign with a historic fourth medal Friday as she won gold in the women's giant slalom at Park City Mountain Resort.
		Kostelic, who has been on fire since the Games began, laid down a smoking first run and followed that up with an equally hot second run, making it near impossible for anyone to catch her.
		Kostelic is also the first alpine skier to win four Olympic medals in a single Games.
	www.firsttracksonline.com /news/stories/101443892424789.shtm (798 words)

	CNN.com - Illness is a new blow for Kostelic - Nov. 5, 2003
		A doctor treating the Croatian said on Wednesday Kostelic was "seriously ill" but the skier herself told a news conference that her career was not under threat.
		Kostelic, who won two gold medals at the Alpine world championships in February, had already missed the start of the World Cup season last month after her fourth operation this year on a knee injury.
		Kostelic's father and coach Ante told the news conference the family planned to consult experts at home and abroad about the condition.
	cnn.com /2003/SPORT/11/05/ski.Kostelic.reut (322 words)

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