This is how Ted Ligety's attempt to win the Beaver Creek World Cup giant slalom ended on Sunday.
'Not cool' —
This is how Ted Ligety's attempt to win the Beaver Creek World Cup giant slalom ended on Sunday.
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The crash, in Ligety's first run, left him unable to complete a second run and out of the picture for victory in Colorado.
One and done —
The crash, in Ligety's first run, left him unable to complete a second run and out of the picture for victory in Colorado.
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A day earlier, Ligety (left) and Austria's Marcel Hirscher had shared the podium after Hirscher took a surprise super-G victory.
Giant slalom masters —
A day earlier, Ligety (left) and Austria's Marcel Hirscher had shared the podium after Hirscher took a surprise super-G victory.
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Hirscher told reporters he 'barely' trains for super-G -- Saturday's victory in the discipline was the first in his career at World Cup level.
Career first —
Hirscher told reporters he 'barely' trains for super-G -- Saturday's victory in the discipline was the first in his career at World Cup level.
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However, Hirscher is one of the most successful male alpine skiers in history -- only he has ever won four overall World Cup titles in a row -- and this weekend's results help his bid for a fifth.
On track —
However, Hirscher is one of the most successful male alpine skiers in history -- only he has ever won four overall World Cup titles in a row -- and this weekend's results help his bid for a fifth.
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Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, twice an overall World Cup champion, won Beaver Creek's downhill race on Friday -- his third straight World Cup win.
Svindal's success —
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, twice an overall World Cup champion, won Beaver Creek's downhill race on Friday -- his third straight World Cup win.
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