VAL D’ISERE, France (Dec. 11) ?

World Cup overall leader Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway was second, 1.05 shy of Ligety.

“It’s a surprising day for sure.

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“This years is quite a bit turnier even than in most years.

Both runs felt like I had the E brake on the whole time, but they were relatively clean.

Ski Team Head Coach Sasha Rearick.

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“It was a worker, both courses were very very turny and very tight.

You just had to keep fighting all the way to the bottom.

“The Head skis seem to be running really well.

Alex has been awesome.

“But Alex has done such a good job stepping in ?

he’s such a great guy.

Universal Sports will stream the event live onhttp://www.UniversalSports.com.

Ted Ligety, Park City, UT, 2:26.26

2.

Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 2:27.31

3.

Massimiliano Blardone, Italy, 2:27.47

4.

Carlo Janka, Switzerland, 2:27.81

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