Ligety claims third gold with giant slalom triumph
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February 16, 2013, Saturday
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TED Ligety has become the first man in 45 years to win three gold medals at a skiing world championships by winning the giant slalom in dominating style yesterday in Schladming, Austria.
The American can match French great Jean-Claude Killy, who earned four golds in 1968, if he also win's tomorrow's slalom.
Defending champion Ligety, who also took the super-G and super-combined titles, built on his big first-run lead to finish in a combined time of 2 minutes, 28.92 seconds.
Marcel Hirscher of Austria came second, 0.81 behind, while Manfred Moelgg of Italy took third, trailing Ligety by 1.75.
Ligety held a big 1.30-second lead after the opening run.
"I felt like I skied pretty well," Ligety said. "I skied clean the whole way and I was pushing hard and I think other guys maybe didn't ski as well as they normally do. But I felt like I had a solid run."
A three-time World Cup GS champion, Ligety has won four races in the discipline this season and 15 overall. His last GS win came in Adelboden on January 12.
In the women's giant slalom, Tessa Worley mastered a difficult course to perfection twice, earning France its second gold medal and fourth overall at the world skiing championships on Thursday.
Worley, a bronze medalist two years ago, posted the fastest time in both runs on the Planai course, which has a steep and icy finish.
She finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 8.06 seconds to lead the field by over a second.
Defending champion Tina Maze of Slovenia, who has already won this season's World Cup GS title, came 1.12 back in second for her third medal of the worlds after winning the super-G and placing second in the super-combined.
Anna Fenninger of Austria was third.
The American can match French great Jean-Claude Killy, who earned four golds in 1968, if he also win's tomorrow's slalom.
Defending champion Ligety, who also took the super-G and super-combined titles, built on his big first-run lead to finish in a combined time of 2 minutes, 28.92 seconds.
Marcel Hirscher of Austria came second, 0.81 behind, while Manfred Moelgg of Italy took third, trailing Ligety by 1.75.
Ligety held a big 1.30-second lead after the opening run.
"I felt like I skied pretty well," Ligety said. "I skied clean the whole way and I was pushing hard and I think other guys maybe didn't ski as well as they normally do. But I felt like I had a solid run."
A three-time World Cup GS champion, Ligety has won four races in the discipline this season and 15 overall. His last GS win came in Adelboden on January 12.
In the women's giant slalom, Tessa Worley mastered a difficult course to perfection twice, earning France its second gold medal and fourth overall at the world skiing championships on Thursday.
Worley, a bronze medalist two years ago, posted the fastest time in both runs on the Planai course, which has a steep and icy finish.
She finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 8.06 seconds to lead the field by over a second.
Defending champion Tina Maze of Slovenia, who has already won this season's World Cup GS title, came 1.12 back in second for her third medal of the worlds after winning the super-G and placing second in the super-combined.
Anna Fenninger of Austria was third.
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