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SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Italy beat Switzerland to win the mixed team parallel event that opened the Alpine skiing world championships. Thomas Tumler was slow out of the gate in the decisive heat of the final and couldn't catch up to Italy's Alex Vinatzer. The final ended 2-2 and Italy won with an advantage of 0.45 seconds in total time. The defending champion United States lost the bronze-medal race to Sweden. Host Austria was eliminated early on by Sweden. The women's super-G featuring Lindsey Vonn on Thursday is the first individual event of the championships.
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