Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety
Theodore Sharp "Ted" Ligetyis an American alpine ski racer and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSkier
Date of Birth31 August 1984
CitySalt Lake City, UT
CountryUnited States of America
prefer standing win
I would prefer to win standing up to him.
beat disbelief gold guys happy obviously win
I was kind of in disbelief because that was obviously the gold medal. I was happy to see it but I don't like to win like that. I want to beat the guys skiing.
winning years race
I was skiing fast in training, but that really doesn't count for anything until you actually do it in a race. So to finally get to prove how fast you are skiing is an added bonus that goes along with winning the first race of the year. Any race win is a good win. I don't really care where it is. I've been on the podium a bunch of times here, but it's always good for your confidence to start off the year with a victory.
confidence hill people tough
Bode is tough on any hill he races. But there's a lot of people out there. The Italians' confidence has to be way up there after what they did at home.
disbelief sort
I was sort of in disbelief that he went off the course.
bummed
I was pretty bummed for him. I don't think there's any way I could have surpassed him.
cool kids morning park ski terrain
I wanted kids to know that it's cool to be in a ski race in the morning and to go play in the terrain park in the afternoon. It's not one or the other.
good perks
There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.
coming games third
Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
favorites guaranteed racing rare ski sports
Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.
develop work
I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.
cool playing tool
I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.
best
A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.