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Ted Ligety stands with Stein Eriksen during a homecoming celebration for Ligety at Park City Mountain Resort in 2013.
Photo by Sarah Brunson/U.S. Ski and Snowboard
Parkites packed the plaza in April 2013. Kids pushed their way up to the stage to get close to their hometown hero. There had been a time not so many years prior that Ted Ligety would have been in that crowd himself. Instead, he was the one stepping onto the stage with that ever-present humble Ted smile.
Just a few months earlier, Ligety quieted thousands of screaming Austrian fans, winning three gold medals at the World Championships. It put his name alongside those of Austrian Toni Sailer, Frenchman Jean-Claude Kill and Norway’s Stein Eriksen pretty nice company!.