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KITZBUEHEL, Austria - Screaming for joy and smashing his poles on the snow, Swedish skier Mattias Hargin celebrated his first career World Cup victory on Sunday.Third after the opening leg, Hargin used a flawless second run to land his maiden win at the slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm races.Normally, I am very calm but this is incredible, Hargin said. Finally Ive made it. It feels great the win has come here in Kitz.Hargin posted the second-fastest time in the final run and finished in a total of 1 minute, 43.10 seconds.First-run leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria overcame a mistake halfway down his final run to finish 0.49 behind in second.Felix Neureuther of Germany, who won the race a year ago and also triumphed in Wengen, Switzerland, last week, finished third and remained in the lead of the discipline standings with 480 points, 24 clear of Hirscher.Usually I lose time in the second run, Hargin said. Maybe it was an advantage not to lead after the first run and to just push hard in the second.The 29-year-old Hargin has finished on a podium three times since making his World Cup debut eight years ago. He came closest to a win last season when he finished runner-up to Olympic champion Mario Matt of Austria at a slalom in Val dIsere, France.Its so hard to win a race competing against guys like Hirscher and Neureuther, Hargin said.The Swede drew praise from his rivals for landing Swedens first World Cup victory since Andre Myhrer won a slalom in Levi in November 2012.Mattias has raced incredibly. Hats off! Hes the deserved winner, Hirscher said.The Austrian led Hargin by 0.42 after the opening run and extended that lead to 0.62 before a costly mistake threw him off the race line. He quickly recovered to stay in the race but had lost seven-tenths.The course worsened during the race, with ruts getting deeper and the cloudy weather limiting visibility.With second place and 160 points this weekend, I cant complain, said Hirscher, who also finished runner-up in Fridays combined event. A home race in Kitzbuehel doesnt leave me cold. I do get nervous standing in the start gate and thousands of people waiting for your run.Hirscher was chasing his 16th career win in the discipline, which would have placed him in shared third with Luxembourgs Marc Girardelli on the all-time winners list behind Swedens Ingemar Stenmark (40) and Italys Alberto Tomba (35).Neureuther was fifth after the opening leg, as he was last week on his way to victory in Wengen. The German has won nine World Cup races but is yet to win back-to-back slaloms.Its a different race. The course set is different, the hill is different, the German skier said. I am totally happy. You cant begrudge it to (Mattias) as this was a convincing and deserved win.Alexander Khoroshilov of Russia, who was 0.19 behind Hirscher in second after the opening leg, struggled in his final run and lost speed after several mistakes before finishing in sixth.Ted Ligety was disqualified for missing a gate in the first run, leaving David Chodounsky in 26th as the only American to score World Cup points.The mens World Cup travels to nearby Schladming for a night slalom on Tuesday, the final race before the world championships start in Beaver Creek on Feb. 2. Elgin Baylor Jersey . Richard Jefferson scored 17 points and Diante Garrett had a career-high 15 points as the Jazz had seven players with 10 points or more in Utahs largest margin of victory this season. 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The left-hander, who hasnt thrown in a week because of stiffness in his neck and back, just hopes things are different from last year. He was the opening day starter then, but made only one more start. "Kind of trade-off from last year," Harrison said Sunday. "Only making two and miss 30, and miss two and make 30, that would be nice. Even though Harrison is feeling much better after switching beds, he was still returning to Texas to be examined by the specialist who did both operations last year for a herniated disk in his lower back. "I think at this stage, based upon the initial symptoms that he reported, we just wanted to make sure were all clear before we ramp up again," Rangers assistant general manager Thad Levine said. Harrison had also been scheduled to throw live batting practice last Tuesday and wanted to pitch, but the Rangers held him out of that as a precaution because of neck stiffness. Two days later, he was scratched again from a throwing session with stiffness in his back. An MRI showed no immediate cause for concern, but the Rangers scheduled an appointment with Dr. Drew Dossett, who wasnt available until Monday because he was at the NFL combine. "I think for sure the bed was an issue. Since Ive gotten out of that bed and switched bbeds I havent had any issues," Harrison said.dddddddddddd "Everybody usually feels sore the first couple of days just getting back acclimated to running around out there." Harrison won 18 games and was an All-Star in 2012, then got a $55 million, five-year contract. He had never had any back issues before last spring, and still made his first two scheduled starts. After going 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA, Harrison got two epidural injections and a second opinion before two operations in a matter of weeks. Harrison threw for a couple of months with no problems before camp this year, so he expect to have to completely start over when he is cleared by the Rangers to throw again. He hopes hes able to make his season debut no later than the middle of April. "This little setback set them on high alert and theyre probably going to slow it down a little bit," he said. "Which I hate because going through a healthy off-season and being ready to go its tough to get shut down. But its early." Levine said the Rangers put a lot more value on having Harrison healthy for the stretch drive late in the season than a start in April. "Were not panicking," manager Ron Washington said. "He is feeling better. Hes not feeling what caused us to shut him down anymore, so hopefully when the doctor sees him, it was just was some residual from everything he had done." ' ' '