Jeongseon, South Korea • It has been 12 years since Ted Ligety surprised the world by winning a gold medal in the combined in Torino, and much has changed for the Park City man since.
Ligety is still here, back at his fourth Olympic Games, despite a series of serious injuries and surgeries to fix his back and knee. But at 33 years old, the question now is whether Ligety can recapture the magic that has led him to two Olympic medals in his career.
He came close Tuesday, but not close enough. Ligety finished fifth in the men’s combined, 1.