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SCHLADMING, Austria (Reuters) – Ted Ligety became the first male skier for 45 years and only the fifth overall to win three gold medals at the world skiing championships when he defended his title in the giant slalom on Friday. Having already won the super-G and super combined events, a hat-trick was always on the cards for the American in his favorite event, although he had to survive a couple of slips on the second run before winning by 0.81 seconds. … American Ligety wins third gold in Schladming
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UPDATE 2-Alpine skiing-American Ligety wins third gold in Schladming
(Adds details) SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Ted Ligety became the first male skier for 45 years and only the fifth overall to win three gold medals at the world skiing championships when he defended his title in the giant slalom on Friday. Having already won the super-G and super combined events, a hat-trick was always on the cards for the American in his favourite event, although he had to survive a couple of slips on the second run before winning by 0.81 seconds. …
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Signage sits among traces of ongoing construction work during the FIBT Bob and Skeleton World Cup 2012/13 at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. With a year to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images OLY-2014-RUSSIA-FEATURE
Austria's Matthi Guggenberger takes part in the first run of the FIBT Bob and Skeleton World Cup 2012/13 at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Guggenberger ended up coming nineteenth on the day and eighteenth in the final standings, with Latvia's Martins Dukurs winning the FIBT Skeleton World Cup 2012/13. With a year to go until the Sochi 20 14 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images FIFA commits to blood testing at 2014 World Cup
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Latvia's Martins Dukurs takes part in the first run of the FIBT Bob and Skeleton World Cup 2012/13 event at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Dukurs went on to win the FIBT Skeleton World Cup 2012/13 after a successful second run. With a year to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images RUS-OLY-2014-RUSSIA-FEATURE
Japan's Hiroatsu Takahashi takes part in the second run of the FIBT Bob and Skeleton World Cup 2012/13 at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Takahashi ended up coming twentieth on the day and fifteenth in the final standings, with Latvia's Martins Dukurs winning the FIBT Skeleton World Cup 2012/13. With a year to g o until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images RUS-OLY-2014-RUSSIA-FEATURE
Germany's Frank Rommel takes part in the first run of the FIBT Bob and Skeleton World Cup 2012/13 at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Rommel ended up coming third on the day and fifth in the final standings, with Latvia's Martins Dukurs winning the FIBT Skeleton World Cup 2012/13. With a y ear to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images RUS-OLY-2014-RUSSIA-FEATURE
Russia's Alexander Tretjyakov takes part in the first run of the FIBT Bob and Skeleton World Cup 2012/13 at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Tretjyakov ended up coming second on the day and fourth in the final standings, with Latvia's Martins Dukurs winning the FIBT Skeleton World Cup 2012/13. With a year to go unt il the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images Freestyle Ski and Snowboard - FIS World Cup
SOCHI, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 15: Workers take the Snowboard Parallel Slalom course apart after the competition is cancelled due to high temperatures at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Krasnya Polyana on February 15, 2013 in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics with test events acros s the venues. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) 
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