Second GS win for Ligety
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December 12, 2010, Sunday
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AMERICAN Ted Ligety yesterday won his second giant slalom of the World Cup season by more than a second ahead of Norwegian Olympic champion Aksel-Lund Svindal.
Italy's Massimiliano Blardone was third with Swiss world champion Carlo Janka fourth on the steep Bellevarde piste in Val d'Isere, France.
Ligety had a flawless first leg on the Face de Bellevarde then pulled out a bold second run to win in a combined time of 2 minutes, 26.26 seconds. Blardone was 1.21 seconds back.
"It's a surprising day for sure. It's the hardest race I had for a long time," Ligety, who won in Beaver Creek last weekend, told reporters.
"To make it down and win with such a gap is just amazing. The key here is just not to make mistakes and to push hard. If you charge on, you have a chance to win."
Yesterday's win was Ligety's seventh World Cup victory in his favorite event.
Local favorite Jean-Baptiste Grange disappointed the home fans when he missed a gate early in the first leg and failed to finish.
Grange, who won the first slalom of the season in the Finnish resort of Levi a month ago, will be among the favorites today on the same course, which was the site of the last world championships.
American Bode Miller also went out in the first run.
In St. Moritz, Switzerland, snowfalls forced organizers to abandon a women's World Cup super-G race yesterday.
The start, scheduled for 11:30am, was postponed by an hour with snow and strong winds considerably reducing the visibility on the piste.
The race did eventually get underway but had to be stopped after two of the six skiers who started crashed because of the conditions.
Italy's Massimiliano Blardone was third with Swiss world champion Carlo Janka fourth on the steep Bellevarde piste in Val d'Isere, France.
Ligety had a flawless first leg on the Face de Bellevarde then pulled out a bold second run to win in a combined time of 2 minutes, 26.26 seconds. Blardone was 1.21 seconds back.
"It's a surprising day for sure. It's the hardest race I had for a long time," Ligety, who won in Beaver Creek last weekend, told reporters.
"To make it down and win with such a gap is just amazing. The key here is just not to make mistakes and to push hard. If you charge on, you have a chance to win."
Yesterday's win was Ligety's seventh World Cup victory in his favorite event.
Local favorite Jean-Baptiste Grange disappointed the home fans when he missed a gate early in the first leg and failed to finish.
Grange, who won the first slalom of the season in the Finnish resort of Levi a month ago, will be among the favorites today on the same course, which was the site of the last world championships.
American Bode Miller also went out in the first run.
In St. Moritz, Switzerland, snowfalls forced organizers to abandon a women's World Cup super-G race yesterday.
The start, scheduled for 11:30am, was postponed by an hour with snow and strong winds considerably reducing the visibility on the piste.
The race did eventually get underway but had to be stopped after two of the six skiers who started crashed because of the conditions.
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