USA MEN'S ALPINE WORLD CUP SKIING SLALOM
France's Stephane Tissot (L) hugs USA's Ted Ligety (R) in the racer's corral waiting for the conclusion of the men's World Cup alpine slalom on the Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, Colorado December 4, 2005. Tissot finished second with Ligety finishing in third. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey)
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