Ted Ligety has now gone seven straight World Cup giant slaloms without making the podium. Making matters worse is a back injury, the latest in a series of health setbacks during the drought.
“I just have stabbing pain all the way down my leg, nerve pain, so I haven’t been able to ski much,” the 32-year-old Ligety said, according to the U.S. Ski Team on Sunday. “I’ve been getting injections and trying to get it sorted out but it hasn’t really turned the corner yet.”
Ligety skied out 12 gates into his first run in a World Cup giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, on Sunday.