Ligety cruises to giant slalom win in Alta Badia

AAA??Dec. 16, 2012?9:58 AM ET
Ligety cruises to giant slalom win in Alta Badia
By ANDREW DAMPF??By ANDREW DAMPF

Ted Ligety, of the United States, competes during the first run of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Ted Ligety, of the United States, competes during the first run of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Ted Ligety, of the United States, smiles after setting the fastest time in the first run of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)

Ted Ligety, of the United States, competes on his way to set the fastest time during the first run of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Ted Ligety, of the United States, competes during the first run of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Ted Ligety, of the United States, is congratulated by second placed Austria's Marcel Hirscher on the podium after winning an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

ALTA BADIA, Italy (AP) ? Ted Ligety cruised to his third giant slalom win of the season by more than two seconds Sunday after an opening run that left his rivals in awe, giving the U.S. Ski Team two wins in two days.

Ligety sliced his way down the classic Gran Risa course in a two-run combined time of 2 minutes, 37.27 seconds. Defending overall World Cup winner Marcel Hirscher finished second, 2.04 seconds behind, and Thomas Fanara of France was third, 3.27 back.

Ligety posted a 2.40-second advantage over Hirscher in the first run and just needed to make sure he made no major mistakes in the second leg. He had a slight problem midway down in the second run, putting his left hand down on the snow, but quickly regained control.

Associated Press

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