“Alien” Ted Ligety wins in Kranjska Gora

Ligety set the best time in both rounds and relegated the French Alexis Pinturault (+1,61) and the Austrian Marcel Hirscher (+2,03) to the places. This season it was the third World Cup victory for the 27-year-old American, after the triumph at the season opener in Sölden and at the home race in Beaver Creek.

“I actually haven’t been in good shape lately. I performed well in the first run and then did what I had to do in the second run. I am proud of what I have achieved. “Getting the small ball will be an impossible mission,” said Ligety at the finish, who is 92 points behind Marcel Hirscher in the giant slalom ranking.

For Hirscher, however, it was an important result in the race for overall World Cup victory. In third place, the 23-year-old from Salzburg caught up with leader Beat Feuz, 60 points. “I, with my big mouth, say that I will go full attack tomorrow. If I can no longer do that because I have to score a certain number of points, then it won't work for me," said Hirscher at the finish.

The “Azzurri” showed a strong performance, finishing in fourth, fifth and 12th place. Blardone missed the podium by 0,03 seconds, Simoncelli was able to maintain his fifth place from the first round, while Manfred Mölgg improved to 12th place. "I am happy. I only noticed Florian Eisath's fall when I was standing in the start house. I hope that he gets better quickly and comes back to us,” said Mölgg, who was referring to the serious fall of his teammate Florian Eisath in the second run (see own report).

Alexander Ploner and Christof Innerhofer were unable to qualify for the second round.

FIS World Cup in Kranjska Gora (SLO), men's giant slalom: 1.Ted LigetyUSA2:22,47 2.Alexis PinturaultFRA2:24,08 3.Marcel HirscherAUT2:24,50 4.Massimiliano BlardoneITA2:24,53 5.Davide SimoncelliITA2:24,87 6.Matts OlssonSWE2:25,45 7.Fritz DopferGER2:25,50 8.Aksel Lund SvindalNOR2:25,51 9.Steve MissillierFRA2:25,52 10.Cyprien RichardFRA2:25,81 12.Manfred MölggITA/St. Vigil in Enneberg2:25,87

Eliminated: Florian Eisath (Obereggen) Not qualified for the second round: Alexander Ploner (St. Vigil in Enneberg), Christof Innerhofer (Gais)

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“Alien” Ted Ligety wins in Kranjska Gora

The American outclassed the competition today with two sensational runs on Podkoren and took the eleventh World Cup victory of his career.

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