Sochi 2014: Ted Ligety wins men's giant slalom gold
Baku, February 19 (AZERTAC). American Ted Ligety stormed to his second Olympic gold as he became the first non-European to win the men's Olympic giant slalom title.
The 29-year-old world champion, who won the combined in 2006, was quickest after the first run and beat France's Steve Missillier, 29, by 0.48 seconds.
Another Frenchman, 22-year-old Alexis Pinturault, was third, 0.64 secs back.
Overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria was fourth, 0.94s back, while Bode Miller came 20th.
Ligety, whose gold in Turin eight years ago made him the USA's youngest men's alpine Olympic medallist, is also the world super-G and world super-combined champion.
He clocked 1:21.08 in the first run to lead by 0.93s from Czech Ondrej Bank, and held off of the charging French duo, despite only recording the 14th fastest time in run two, to cement his reputation as one of the all-time great giant slalom skiers.
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