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52-511: The track runs on natural terrain and is used only for annual World Cup competitions, traditionally in early January. It is one of the oldest and most classic slopes in the circuit. It is considered the most prestigious giant slalom in the world and among the most demanding, along with Alta Badia and Kranjska Gora . In 1955 competition called "Internationalen Adelbodner Skitage" (International Adelboden Ski Days) started with slalom, giant slalom joined in 1958, with last slalom held in 1961. In

104-572: A bronze medal in 2009 in Val d'Isère behind Carlo Janka and Benjamin Raich he won the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer . Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013 , ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg and again in 2015 . At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom , super-G , and combined at Planai . Ligety became

156-452: A fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre , Sweden , missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007 . Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008 , and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and Bormio to edge out two-time defending champion Benjamin Raich of Austria for

208-516: A margin of 0.28 sec. Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch , Germany , he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler , he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23, he

260-557: A stand-alone event at the world championships in 1982 at Schladming , Austria , and at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. It was changed to the super-combined format (one run of slalom on same day as downhill) at the world championships in 2007 and the Olympics in 2010 . In the following table men's giant slalom World Cup podiums from the World Cup first edition in 1967. Racers with the most World Cup podiums in giant slalom. In

312-507: Is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G . Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing. This category separates them from the speed events of Super-G and downhill . The technical events are normally composed of two runs, held on different courses on

364-492: Is not the fastest event in skiing, on average a well-trained racer may reach average speeds of 80 km/h (50 mph). Giant slalom skis are shorter than super-G and downhill skis, and longer than slalom skis. In an attempt to increase safety for the 2003–04 season, the International Ski Federation (FIS) increased the minimum sidecut radius for giant slalom skis to 21 m (69 ft) and for

416-499: Is the only racer with more GS season titles (8). Although a GS specialist, Ligety is among the few alpine ski racers to have a World Cup podium finish in all five disciplines. Both in 2013 and 2014 , he was the racer with the most victories that season and among the top three with the most podiums. Ligety has won seven medals in the World Championships , five of them gold. He won three of them in giant slalom, after

468-510: The 2014 Olympics in Sochi . He is also a five-time World Cup champion in giant slalom ( 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2013 and 2014 ). Ligety won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships . He successfully defended his world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming , Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in

520-528: The PyeongChang Olympics . He came in fifth in the men's combined event, but following a disappointing finish in the giant slalom, he decided to skip the slalom event and leave South Korea early to focus on the World Cup. Ligety has won six national championships, putting him behind the all-time record of nine, held by Bode Miller and Tiger Shaw . Following his Olympic gold medal at Turin, he started Shred Optics in 2006; Ligety designs all

572-501: The giant slalom and the slalom , but he failed to complete either event. Following his Olympic victory in the combined, Ligety recorded his first World Cup victory, a win in the giant slalom in Yongpyeong , South Korea . He finished ninth in the overall World Cup standings for the year, marking the first time that three American men had placed in the top 10 (along with Bode Miller in third and Daron Rahlves in fourth), despite

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624-500: The giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany . Fourth after the first run, Ligety won by 0.08 seconds over Cyprien Richard of France. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before

676-519: The super combined event and successfully defended his title in the giant slalom . It was the first time in 45 years that one male skier won three gold medals in one championships. Ligety won three giant slalom races prior to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi . On January 17, Ligety gained his 20th World Cup victory with a win in the super combined event in Wengen , his first (and only) World Cup win outside

728-528: The super combined . Ligety planned to participate in the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo but withdrew due to an injury, which prompted his retirement from ski racing in early February, 2021. He finished his career with 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles put him among

780-472: The world championships in 1950 at Aspen , Colorado , and debuted at the Winter Olympics in 1952 at Oslo , Norway , run at Norefjell . The GS has been run in every world championships and Olympics since. Originally a one-run event, a second run was added for men at the world championships in 1966 , run on consecutive days, and at the Olympics in 1968 . The second run for women was added at

832-448: The 2012–13 season, the FIS increased the sidecut radius to 35 m (115 ft) and the minimal length to 195 cm (76.8 in). Many athletes criticized this decision. Often David Dodge was cited. Dodge argues that FIS used studies which do not represent a scientific proof. He states that it is well known that if one tips the ski 7° more the 35 m ski will have the same turning radius as

884-566: The 28 m ski. He states as well that knee injuries are decreasing since the 1990s, when carving skis started to be used. The first giant slalom was set in 1935 on the Mottarone in Italy, over Lake Maggiore , near Stresa , on January 20. After one month, the second giant slalom was set on the Marmolada in Italy's Dolomite mountains , by Guenther Langes. The giant slalom was added to

936-404: The GS has been scheduled as a one-day event at the Olympics. Upon its introduction, giant slalom briefly displaced the combined event at the world championships; it was absent in 1950 and 1952. The combined returned in 1954 in Åre , Sweden , but as a "paper race," using the results of the three events (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom), a format used through 1980 . The combined returned as

988-502: The Junior World Championships in 2004. He made his first start in a World Cup event during the 2004 World Cup season in the giant slalom at Park City. In the summer of 2004, Ligety and U.S. Ski Team head coach Sasha Rearick studied Fu Style Tai Chi. The next winter in the 2005 season , Ligety was added to the U.S. Ski Team full-time, during which he had four top-15 finishes in slalom, placing 24th overall in

1040-575: The Super G at Lake Louise on November 26 (DNF), and finishing seventh in the giant slalom on December 3, 2017, at Beaver Creek . He went on to compete at the FIS World Cup events in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Wengen , Adelboden , Alta Badia , and Val d`Isere . Ligety was named to the US Olympic team on January 6, 2018 to compete in the combined, Super G, giant slalom, and slalom races at

1092-478: The course in the first leg. After racing for four seasons on Rossignol skis, Ligety switched his equipment supplier to Head in the summer of 2010, as fellow American champions Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller did in previous seasons. Ligety won his sixth World Cup race in December 2010, his first win on home snow in the U.S. , taking the giant slalom by a substantial 0.82 seconds at Beaver Creek , Colorado ,

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1144-466: The discipline. Ligety recorded his first World Cup podium finish in the first slalom of the season , at Beaver Creek in December, and followed that up with a second and a third during the next three slaloms. Ligety's first major victory of his professional career came at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , held at Sestriere . Ligety won the gold medal in the men's combined event, a major upset after

1196-616: The early days of the World Cup, there was basically only one giant slalom, initially on two days (Monday 1st run / Tuesday 2nd run) and then both runs on Tuesday. In 1967, giant slalom joined already in the premiere World Cup season and in 2000 slalom joined the competition after decades of break. Since 1982 competition is being live broadcast. Competition was fully canceled in 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1994. This course hosted total of 69 World Cup events for men ( 7th of all-time ).  Not part of classic Adelboden competition. It replaced Garmisch-Partenkirchen .  In 1986, elite Club5

1248-412: The fact that he did not compete in downhill or super-G that year. - It was a little surprise that Ted Ligety's first win was in a giant slalom because he wasn't known as a good giant slalom racer (he had only placed in the top ten in one race before, being 8th at Sölden on October 23, 2005 - and he had bib-number 18, a number which is behind the top fifteen of the world; at that time he was far better in

1300-544: The fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse , with the combined as a "paper race." Ligety is the first racer of either gender to win the super-G, giant slalom, and combined at one world championships. Through a Citi charitable program, Ligety supports Youth Enrichment Services , an organization located in Boston founded in 1968, that takes urban youth to

1352-423: The first time imposed minimum ski lengths for GS: 185 cm (72.8 in) for men and 180 cm (70.9 in) for women. A maximum stand height (the distance from the snow to the sole of the boot) of 55 mm (2.17 in) was also established for all disciplines. In May 2006, the FIS announced further changes to the rules governing equipment. Beginning with the 2007–08 season, the minimum radius for GS skis

1404-522: The first-ever gold medal for an American man in the discipline. Ligety became the first male American ski racer in history to win two Olympic gold medals in his career. After the Olympics, Ligety won the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer , in the downhill race. The result

1456-452: The following table women's giant slalom World Cup podiums from the World Cup first edition in 1967. Ted Ligety Theodore Sharp Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is a retired American alpine ski racer , a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and an entrepreneur, having cofounded Shred Optics . Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at

1508-402: The giant slalom discipline. Entering the Olympics, Ligety was considered a favorite to medal in three disciplines, but he finished 12th in the super combined and 14th in the super-G . While under pressure as a big favorite to win a gold in the giant slalom , Ligety began his first run with an attacking attitude and established a 0.93 second lead. He skied carefully on the second run to secure

1560-460: The last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming , Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue but he finished on the 29th place (it was the last place), he had a deficite of 11.16 seconds to leading (it was not Hirscher, who was second) Hannes Reichelt . But Ted had lost; his only rehabilitation

1612-581: The new ski 7° more it would have the same turning radius than the old 27m ski. The greater knee angulation would then increase the risk of injury. Doubts if the new rules would affect his level of skiing didn't last long as Ligety won the first race of the season in Soelden by a huge margin of 2.75 seconds over Manfred Moelgg who finished second. The season turned out to be the best in Ligety's career as he finished on podium in all eight giant slalom races of

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1664-484: The prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he finished 11th in the giant slalom on December 4 at Val d'Isère . He was not able to finish the following two giant slalom races due to back pain, and subsequently returned to the United States. On January 17, Ligety announced he would have season-ending back surgery. Ligety returned to the World Cup racing late in 2017, competing in

1716-470: The products and uses them himself. The company produces ski goggles, sunglasses , and helmets. Ligety served as the Director of Skiing for the now-bankrupt Mt. Holly Club, a private luxury ski and golf resort in southwestern Utah. It is located in eastern Beaver County , on the site of the former Elk Meadows ski area (1971–84). Unofficial, tied with Alexis Pinturault Ingemar Stenmark

1768-508: The same ski run. The vertical drop for a GS course must be 250–450 m (820–1,480 ft) for men, and 250–400 m (820–1,310 ft) for women. The number of gates in this event is 56–70 for men and 46–58 for women. The number of direction changes in a GS course equals 11–15% of the vertical drop of the course in metres, 13–18% for children. As an example, a course with a vertical drop of 300 m (984 ft) would have 33–45 direction changes for an adult race. Although giant slalom

1820-423: The season and winning six of them. That feat helped him to regain the discipline title. In overall standings Ligety finished on the career best 3rd place. Ligety made his season even more impressive by winning three gold medals at the World Championships in Schladming . The first gold he won surprisingly in super-G race which was his first victory in the discipline in an international level. Ligety then won also

1872-489: The season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther ) which is awarded 60 points, therefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season

1924-408: The season title. He also recorded four other podium finishes: a second and a third in giant slalom and two third places in slalom. In addition to his title, Ligety ranked seventh in combined and ninth in slalom. When the last giant slalom race was started on March 14, Ligety was ahead to Raich with a margin of 27 points, but in that actual race he was only seventh-placed after the first leg while Raich

1976-425: The season with another second at the finals in Åre , Sweden , which left him ranked third in GS and ninth overall for the season. Taking the bronze medal on February 13 (and starting with bib number 1) he had to strain because he was only ninth-placed (with a deficit of 1.71 sec. to leadinh Carlo Janka ) after the first leg. In the second leg he took the lead und remained there until Benjamin Raich overtook him with

2028-524: The second run, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden , Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch , Germany , he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in

2080-480: The site of his first podium five years earlier. It was the first World Cup victory in the U.S. (and North America ) by an American male in four years; the last was by Bode Miller in the downhill at Beaver Creek in December 2006 . Six days later, Ligety won the next GS race in Val d'Isère , France , by over a full second. He won his third consecutive GS race at Alta Badia , Italy , the following week. In February he won his first world championship , taking gold in

2132-447: The slalom by finishing 3rd at Beaver Creek on December, 4th, and also at Kranjska Gora in December 2005, and indeed finishing second at Adelboden on January 8). On that March 5, he was only 8th-placed after the first leg (with a deficite of 1.13 sec. behind leading Davide Simoncelli but he was able to overtake all elite racers in the second leg). - It took long until he could achieve a second win (Kranjska Gora on March 8, 2008). In

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2184-415: The summer of 2006, Ligety changed his ski supplier from Völkl to Rossignol . With Rahlves' retirement, Ligety began to compete in all five events. However, he managed only two podium finishes during the season, a second in slalom and a third in giant slalom. Disappointingly, he had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as

2236-531: The three greatest giant slalom skiers of all time, according to Ski-DB. Ligety was born in Salt Lake City , Utah , the son of Cyndi Sharp and Bill Ligety, who are real estate agents. He grew up in Park City and began skiing at two and racing at ten. He attended The Winter Sports School and graduated in 2002. Ligety was named to the U.S. Skiing Development Team and won a silver medal in slalom in

2288-592: The two racers favored to win the event failed to finish the slalom portion. At age 21, he became the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing in a dozen years, since Tommy Moe won the downhill at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway . Ligety also became just the fourth American male skier to win Olympic gold, along with Moe, Phil Mahre (slalom, 1984) and Bill Johnson (downhill, 1984). At Turin, Ligety also participated in

2340-410: The world championships in 1978 , and made its Olympic debut in 1980 . The world championships changed to a one-day format for the giant slalom in 1974 , but the Olympics continued the GS as a two-day event through 1980. Also scheduled for two days in 1984 , both giant slaloms became one-day events after repeated postponements of the downhills. Following the extra races added to the program in 1988 ,

2392-411: Was eighth-placed after the first leg, 0.60 sec. behind leading Carlo Janka , but he couldn't do better in the second leg) and fifth in the super combined on February 21. He was fifteenth in the downhill portion and first in the one slalom run, to finish a half-second out of the medals. In the "special slalom" race (held on February 27; he had bib number 16), only a brief time elapsed when he came out of

2444-493: Was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller , to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety won the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended

2496-438: Was increased to 27 m (89 ft) for men and 23 m (75 ft) for women. Additionally, the minimum ski width at the waist was increased from 60 to 65 mm (2.36 to 2.56 in), and the maximum stand height for all disciplines was reduced to 50 mm (1.97 in). The best skiers tended to use a bigger sidecut radius, like Ted Ligety at 29 m (95 ft), and Lindsey Vonn at 27 m (89 ft). For

2548-609: Was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom , placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in

2600-585: Was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel , Wengen , Garmisch , Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden , with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible. Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia , Cortina , Kranjska Gora , Maribor , Lake Louise , Schladming , Adelboden , Kvitfjell , St.Moritz and Åre . 46°28′20″N 7°32′47″E  /  46.472222°N 7.546389°E  / 46.472222; 7.546389 Giant slalom Giant slalom (GS)

2652-499: Was second-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden , Austria , and then placed second at Beaver Creek , Colorado . At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère , France , Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora . He finished

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2704-406: Was that he could achieve the quickest time in the second leg, and finishing 25th (with a deficite of 10.03 seconds to Hirscher, who was victorious at last - but not gaining any point because in the final races there are only the best 15 can gain points). Ligety was very skeptical of the new FIS rules for the giant slalom , and cited David Dodge. Dodge stated that it was well known that if one tipped

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