The Latest: Bad back forces Ligety to move up retirement
February 13, 2021 GMT
6:30 p.m.
Two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety has had to move up his retirement by six days due to a bad back.
Ligety announced this week that the giant slalom at the skiing world championships would be the final race of his career.
But he writes on Instagram that on Friday he “woke up to the worst sciatic pain of my life.”
He adds that a scan revealed his back is “herniated to the point it’s not safe to ski right now.”
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Ligety’s final race was slated for Friday.
Two out of two titles for Swiss women Germany’s Weidle a surprise silver, bronze for Gut-Behrami (Adds Gut-Behrami, Weidle quotes)
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Corinne Suter continued Switzerland’s golden start to the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday by winning her country’s first women’s downhill title in 32 years.
A silver medallist two years ago and also in Thursday’s super-G, won by team mate Lara Gut-Behrami, Suter started seventh and made no mistakes as she powered down Cortina’s glistening Olympia delle Tofane piste.
Germany’s Kira Weidle, 11th starter, ran Suter close to take a surprise silver 0.20 seconds adrift.
Corinne Suter continued Switzerland s golden start to the Alpine skiing world championships yesterday by winning her country s first women s downhill title in 32 years. A silver medallist two years ago and also in Thursday s super-G, won by teammate Lara Gut-Behrami, Suter started seventh and made no mistakes as she powered down Cortina s glistening Olympi
Riding high: Suter wins downhill for her 1st gold at worlds
By ERIC WILLEMSENFebruary 13, 2021 GMT
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) Corinne Suter ended Switzerland’s 32-year wait for a women’s downhill world title on Saturday, winning her fourth straight medal at a major championship but the first gold.
Racing in sunshine under crisp blue skies, Suter mastered the Olympia delle Tofane and decided the race by using excellent gliding skills on the flat bottom section of the iconic course.
“It’s for sure a huge step,” Suter said about her first gold. “I am so, so happy because all the hard work in the last years paid off today.”