Two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety plans to retire from World Cup ski racing after the world championships. Ligety’s final race will be the giant slalom on Feb.
19 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Known for his smooth, technical racing, Ligety won a surprise gold medal in the combined at the 2006 Turin Olympics and another gold medal eight years later in the giant slalom at the Sochi Games as the favorite.
His storied career also includes five wins at world championships, 25 World Cup victories and five season-long World Cup giant slalom titles.
Ligety's dominance in the giant slalom once led Austrian skiing great Marcel Hirscher to pronounce him “Mr. GS.” The retirement plans of the 36-year-old Ligety include spending more time with his