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Saturday, March 09, 2013

Ligety wins Kranjska Gora giant slalom and cup


Ted Ligety of the U.S. clears a gate during his first run of the men's Giant Slalom event at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kranjska Gora March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Srdjan ZivulovicTed Ligety of the U.S. clears a gate during his first run of the men's Giant Slalom event at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kranjska Gora March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (Reuters) - American Ted Ligety won an Alpine skiing giant slalom on Saturday and secured the season's World Cup title in the discipline.

Austria's Marcel Hirscher was second in the race and France's Alexis Pinturault was third.

(Reporting by Patrick Lang; Editing by Clare Fallon)

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