BEAVER CREEK, Colo., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Ted Ligety of the United States rallied to win Tuesday's Audi Birds of Prey men's giant slalom in Colorado.
Ligety was in fourth place after the first run but won the second round by .72 seconds and won the event with a combined-run time of 2 minutes, 40.01, 0.69 seconds ahead of Marcel Hirscher of Austria.
"It's really hard to come from behind with that kind of pressure and win, especially in snow like this," said Ligety. "I don't think I could have done much more than I did on my second run. It was pushing the line harder than I have all season."
Norway's Kjetil Jansrud placed third and Aksel Lund Svindal, the overall leader in the men's World Cup points race, took sixth.
Svindal, also of Norway, maintained his lead in the standings. Ligety moved into second place.
