Daly and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league had made

VAL GARDENA, Italy -- Overall World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal extended his recent dominance in speed races with a super-G victory on Friday, winning by a large margin despite a major mistake three gates from the finish. coach handbags outlet . The Norwegian clocked 1 minute, 36.95 seconds down the Saslong course under a light snowfall that made for flat light. Italians Matteo Marsaglia and Werner Heel finished second and third to the delight of the local fans in the Dolomite Range. Marsaglia was a distant 1.07 seconds behind and Heel was 1.12 back. It was Svindals third win in five speed races this season. He finished second in the other two. "It was a good race. I dont know what else to say. Some days are faster than other days and today was fast," Svindal said. "So far this season is just going great. I had hoped to be good, but I didnt expect to be this good." Jan Hudec of Calgary was the top Canadian in 12th place. Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was 14th and Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Vancouver was 18th. Svindal would have won by an even larger margin had he not nearly gone down with his legs in a split within sight of the finish line. But he recovered by the next-to-last gate and lost only 0.08 of his advantage from the final split time. "I heard on the radio that everyone was losing time to the Italian guys at the last split," Svindal said. "I definitely didnt want to give anything away at the bottom, so I was charging and I came tight in there ... and then I hit a bump. "Its just reflexes, really you dont have time to think about it. Definitely not what I planned to do. I had a high heart rate before that but that definitely raised it. I was pretty close to losing my balance." It was the 19th win of Svindals World Cup career, moving him past Lasse Kjus into second place among Norwegian skiers, trailing only Kjetil Andre Aamodts 21 victories. Svindal also won this super-G in 2009. The last man to reach the podium in the first three super-Gs of the season was Austrian great Hermann Maier in 2003-04. Maier ended up reaching the podium in all seven super-Gs that season. "Hermainn Maier has (54) World Cup victories. I have 19, so I have a long way to be close to Hermann Maier," Svindal said. "Im just happy that Im fast this year. Im not thinking too much about what other guys have done. Im more concerned with the guys Im racing against now." One of those guys is Marsaglia, who won the previous super-G in Beaver Creek, Colorado, for his first career victory. "This second place is maybe better than the first place in Beaver Creek," Marsaglia said. "(Alberto) Tomba told me that winning once is easy but its difficult to win a second time. Well this is nearly a win, so confirming myself feels really good." Heel won this race four years ago but hadnt been on the podium in any event in three seasons. "Its extra special to be back on the podium in Val Gardena," Heel said. Heel dedicated the podium finish to his girlfriend Manuela Moelgg, who also races for Italy. Svindals Norwegian teammate Kjetil Jansrud finished fourth, missing the podium by just 0.06 seconds. Jansrud and Svindal were 1-2 in downhill training on Thursday and will be the favourites for Saturdays downhill on the Saslong. Norwegian coach Tron Moger set the course. Svindal moved 132 points ahead of American rival Ted Ligety in the overall standings, as Ligety finished 25th. "This is not really a hill that suits me at all," Ligety said. "Theres a lot of terrain and its more about absorbing the terrain than turning, so thats not really my specialty." Svindal could widen his margin again in the downhill, since Ligety isnt racing, while the American will be favoured in Sundays giant slalom in nearby Alta Badia. Svindal also holds a 71-point lead on Marsaglia on top of the super-G standings. Patrick Kueng of Switzerland provided some comic relief when he lost control immediately after pushing out of the start gate and performing a 360-degree spin. He then skied off course on the lower section. Heavier snowfall is expected overnight, which could affect Saturdays race. Organizers have already raised the possibility of using two shortened runs for the downhill. coach outlet . The application will allow the City of Markham - just northeast of Toronto - to examine the design, the plans sustainability and the technical aspects of the proposed GTA Centre. Once they get approval of the application, the City of Markham will issue a building permit and construction can begin on the $325 million venue. cheap coach handbags . McKenzie (13-2) has used the guillotine choke to record his last 11 wins. Mendes (11-1), who has never been submitted, is coming off a loss to featherweight champion Jose Aldo.With the 2012-13 season on the line, the NHL and NHL Players Association were back at the bargaining table in Woodbridge, N.J. on Wednesday, as both sides tried to find common ground in finalizing a new collective bargaining agreement. The two sides met separately with federal mediators for more than six hours and the NHLPA then met internally before having further discussions with the mediators. The details of those discussions are to be forwarded to the NHL, after which the league will make a decision on whether or not to arrange to meet again on Thursday. Neither side made any proposals and it appears doubtful the meetings will continue on Thursday. "We did several different caucus meeting rooms, and really theres nothing new to report. We dont have a conclusion to the process," said NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly following the afternoon session. "There were discussions of the various issues involved and how far apart we are and where we go from here. I cant tell you that any progress was made," added NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr. Follow TSN.ca and TSNs Hockey Insiders on Twitter for all the updates as theyre made available. Both the NHL and NHLPA met with U.S. federal mediators Scot L. Beckenbaugh and John Sweeney rejoining the process as a one-day exercise. By mediators advice, there was no face-to-face discussions between the players and NHL. There was no change in either sides position from when talks broke down last Thursday. Both mediators first met with league and union leaders last month before deciding they couldnt help negotiations along. The NHLPA announced that 13 players will take part in the negotiations, including Craig Adams, Adrian Aucoin, Brad Boyes, Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Shane Doan, Ron Hainsey, Jamal Mayers, Andy McDonald, Steve Montador, Brendan Morrison, Douglas Murray, and Daniel Winnik. The NHLPA continued to push for mediation when plaayers and owners gathered in New York last week and the NHL eventually agreed. coach outlet online. However, Daly acknowledged Tuesday that he would carry "no expectations" into Wednesdays session. "I thought the gap would be closed much quicker, but it hasnt come to fruition yet, so we have to keep working," said Morrison. Mayers called the leagues proposal "take it or leave it" and expressed frustration that the two sides are close in numbers but still far away from an agreement. TSNs Darren Dreger stressed that the calendar may not be on the side of either party in attempting to salvage as much of the 2012-13 season as will be possible. "This has been a long and, at times, a very heated negotiation but both sides are looking again at that big picture and the reality is that this negotiation could go into early January, maybe mid-January before it genuinely reaches its breaking point," he said after Wednesdays talks had broken. Three days of negotiations last week between the owners and players gave some hope, but again ended without an agreement. Last Thursday, the union had initially stated progress was being made, as NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr said they were close on certain monetary numbers, but he later re-emerged to meet the media and said owners rejected the players latest proposal. Daly and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league had made concessions monetarily but there was no progress on the length of the agreement and the length of player contracts. The NHL wants a 10-year labor deal with an opt-out clause after eight years, while the union has offered an eight-year contract with the ability to re-open after six years. As for player contracts, the NHL wants to limit them to five years - seven if a club re-signs its own player. Bettman said last week the league wouldnt have a season of less than 48 games - the same length of the lockout-shortened campaign of 1994-95. The latest round of cancellations has taken out 48.2 percent of the original 2012-13 schedule. ' ' '