Ted Ligety Wins Giant Slalom, First World Ski Title for U.S.

Ted Ligety won the giant slalom and clinched the first gold medal for the U.S. at the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Ligety was the fastest over two runs, with a total time of 2 minutes, 10.56 seconds on the Kandahar course in Bavaria, southern Germany. France’s Cyprien Richard took silver, 0.08 seconds behind, while Austria’s Philipp Schoerghofer won bronze,