Ski-Alpin:”Just kidding”: Ligety rowing back

Ted Ligety delivered the big excitement at the start of the season:”Maybe there’s a terrible weather up there, but the ÖSV president has already announced days before that the event will be cancelled. This looks suspicious,”Ligety said about the Sölden launch, which was a conspiracy.

“His suggestion: A race without spectators” In Canada we drive without live spectators. That’s what TV cameras are for,”says Ligety at the end of October via Twitter.

Now grass has grown over the mini-bladder in the ski circus. And Ligety feels compelled to explain the incident. The tweet was just a joke, Ligety said. This could be recognized “by the emojis”. The hatchet is now buried.”Marcel will be quick,”Ligety is certain.

Until the end, Marcel Hirscher is working intensively in the USA to reduce his gap in giant slalom. On Sunday, Beaver Creek will be debiting the bill for the first time:”It’s gone a long way, but there’s still a lot to be done,”said the world champion. After Philipp Schörghofer’s early retirement, Manuel Feller also has problems. The Tyrolean is in poor health.

The slalom specialist Feller is snuffed out, but is not afraid of competing in the giant slalom:”It’s all about breaking something when I go skiing, or should I take it easy on myself,”said the slalom specialist, who is now also one of the strongest ÖSV runners in the giant slalom.

I don’t have a fever, but I’m not feeling well either. The altitude doesn’t help either,”he complained. I’m sick for three days now, I’ve never been sick for six days. So it should fit Sunday.”