American Ted Ligety on the podium for the third year in a row! Very promising results from all the Rossi Team!!!

Here we are! All the white circus celebrated the kick-off of the new World Cup season this week-end in Sölden, Austria on the Rettenbach glacier. After having trained hard this summer in the South Hemisphere, the racers were impatient to race the first competition of the winter!

Yesterday, in front of 15,000 spectators, the men were in the starting gate to race the season’s first GS. And Ted Ligety showed already that he is a in a top form as he took 2nd place of the competition after two runs raced in a huge way. The American skier who suffered a late season knee injury in March 2009, is definitively back at the top!
 

“This is the toughest year I've raced in Sölden. It hasn't been that many years, but today was super bumpy and pretty variable snow. I was psyched to make it down and get second, so it was definitely a good day," Ligety said. "I'm super psyched with how I am skiing and it's a good way to start out the season."

"Sölden is always a little different every year just because it's the first race of the year and you don't really know how fast you're skiing. You have to psych yourself up all that much more because you have no idea if you're fast or not, but luckily I was able to step up and have good races," Ligety said. "I felt like I was skiing great. I still had some mistakes, but everyone has mistakes every run, so it's not too big of a deal there."
With the first World Cup of the season completed, Ted Ligety will stay with the Men's Alpine Team in Europe to train for races in Levi, Finland.
"It's kind of a busy schedule," said Ligety. "But it's fun. We have a good group of guys on the Team and our coaches are a lot of fun to work with, so I'm looking forward to it."

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