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Hirscher ahead after Ligety slips at Beaver Creek
Published 2227 GMT (0627 HKT) December 6, 2015
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This is how Ted Ligety's attempt to win the Beaver Creek World Cup giant slalom ended on Sunday. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
The crash, in Ligety's first run, left him unable to complete a second run and out of the picture for victory in Colorado. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
A day earlier, Ligety (left) and Austria's Marcel Hirscher had shared the podium after Hirscher took a surprise super-G victory. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
Hirscher told reporters he 'barely' trains for super-G -- Saturday's victory in the discipline was the first in his career at World Cup level. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
However, Hirscher is one of the most successful male alpine skiers in history -- only he has ever won four overall World Cup titles in a row -- and this weekend's results help his bid for a fifth. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, twice an overall World Cup champion, won Beaver Creek's downhill race on Friday -- his third straight World Cup win. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
