BEAVER CREEK, Colo. - Ted Ligety came within one-100th of a second of pulling a huge win out of a mediocre weekend for United States skiers, but when the snow spray cleared after the World Cup giant slalom finale on the Birds of Prey course, the Olympic gold medalist was still smiling. (Full article: 623 words)

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