But what Ted ‘the Shred’ Ligety most wants is a repeat of his triple gold-medal-winning performance at the 2013 Alpine World Ski Championships.
The U.S. star took top prize in the Giant Slalom, Super Combined and Super G events in Schladming, Austria, two years ago — the first time any skier had achieved such a feat since the legendary Jean-Claude Killly did so in 1968.
Now the 30-year-old has his sights firmly set on doing it all again as he prepares to make his first appearance at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
“It would be awesome to repeat that,” Ligety recently told CNN’s Alpine Edge. “There’s a reason it hasn’t been done in 45 years. It’s because it’s so hard, because so many different guys are specializing in different disciplines.”
“To be able to do that in three very different disciplines is a tremendous feat and definitely the biggest achievement of my career.”
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“I think the World Championships is awesome because there’s so few races we’re racing men and women together so it’s kind of cool to be able to feed off that energy.
“Normally we’ll have a giant slalom and a slalom one place and then you have to … get in your car and drive a couple of hours and then you go do a downhill and a Super G the next weekend.
“It’s nice to be able to do everything all in one place. The World Championships, like you said, it’s second Olympics. It’s really cool to have those races that really mean a lot and then to be able to do it in the United States is a huge opportunity for us.”
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