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Ligety wins giant slalom

Associated Press

Saturday, February 28, 2009

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia -- A course set by his own coach and soft snow helped Ted Ligety become the first American to win a race on the men's World Cup circuit this season. The 24-year old Ligety won a giant slalom Saturday for his fourth career victory. He finished in a two-run combined time of 2 minutes, 19.92 seconds to beat Didier Cuche of Switzerland by 0.19 seconds and Massimiliano Blardone of Italy by 0.34. Ligety, the defending GS champion, had a near-flawless second run on the Podkore ...

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