If Ted Ligety is to become the world’s best giant slalom skier again, it’s going to take some time.
On Sunday, the Olympic and world champion placed 11th in his second GS since tearing his right ACL in January.
The 32-year-old Ligety was 2.63 seconds behind first-time French winner Mathieu Faivre after two runs in Val d’Isère, France.
Ligety was ninth after the first run, 1.37 seconds back of Austrian Marcel Hirscher, who fell to second, .49 behind Faivre, after the last run.
Ligety failed to build on his season-opening fifth place in Soelden, Austria, from Oct.