Marcel Hirscher of Austria solidified his claim to being the world’s best skier, easily picking up his second gold medal of the Games in the men’s giant slalom.
Hirscher, the six-time overall World Cup champion, crushed the field in the first run by more than six-tenths of a second, leaving his rival Alexis Pinturault of France back in second.
The American Ted Ligety, the defending champion, struggled to find an attacking rhythm and placed 20th in the first run.
“It ran a lot easier than I anticipated, but I didn’t attack as I could have or should have,” Ligety said.