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Ligety soars in GS to give US 1st gold at worlds
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February 19, 2011, Saturday
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TED Ligety gave the United States its first gold medal of the world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, yesterday when he won the giant slalom title.
Ligety, 26, jumped from fourth to first with a clean second run to edge Cyprien Richard of France by .08 seconds. Richard had won his maiden World Cup race in Adelboden last month.
"It was nerve-wrecking for sure," Ligety said. "This slope is difficult, especially in these conditions. I thought I'd lost it. I feel so lucky to come back and win it."
Philipp Schoerghofer, second after the first run, dropped one back to take the bronze, .43 seconds behind. The Austrian had won the last World Cup giant slalom before the worlds in Hinterstoder.
First-run leader and super-combined world champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway had to settle for fourth, while Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, the overall World Cup leader, fell from third into a tie for 13th.
Olympic and defending world champion Carlo Janka of Switzerland had to settle for seventh place, 0.92 off the pace.
Ligety has won three of five giant slalom races on the World Cup circuit this season and was considered a top medal prospect. The American was Olympic champion in the combined in 2006, and won the bronze medal in the GS at the worlds two years ago.
Ligety's compatriot Bode Miller had the fastest second run but finished 12th after an error-filled first heat.
Ligety was the first racer out in the opening heat, but had to deal with a rapidly deteriorating course in the second run, when the top 30 start in reverse order. Mild conditions have softened the course over past few days.
The US team also has two silver medals so far at the championships - Lindsey Vonn in the downhill and Julia Mancuso in the super-G.
Ligety, 26, jumped from fourth to first with a clean second run to edge Cyprien Richard of France by .08 seconds. Richard had won his maiden World Cup race in Adelboden last month.
"It was nerve-wrecking for sure," Ligety said. "This slope is difficult, especially in these conditions. I thought I'd lost it. I feel so lucky to come back and win it."
Philipp Schoerghofer, second after the first run, dropped one back to take the bronze, .43 seconds behind. The Austrian had won the last World Cup giant slalom before the worlds in Hinterstoder.
First-run leader and super-combined world champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway had to settle for fourth, while Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, the overall World Cup leader, fell from third into a tie for 13th.
Olympic and defending world champion Carlo Janka of Switzerland had to settle for seventh place, 0.92 off the pace.
Ligety has won three of five giant slalom races on the World Cup circuit this season and was considered a top medal prospect. The American was Olympic champion in the combined in 2006, and won the bronze medal in the GS at the worlds two years ago.
Ligety's compatriot Bode Miller had the fastest second run but finished 12th after an error-filled first heat.
Ligety was the first racer out in the opening heat, but had to deal with a rapidly deteriorating course in the second run, when the top 30 start in reverse order. Mild conditions have softened the course over past few days.
The US team also has two silver medals so far at the championships - Lindsey Vonn in the downhill and Julia Mancuso in the super-G.
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