Ligety wins Beaver Creek giant slalom

American Ted Ligety posted his second straight World Cup giant slalom victory on Sunday, easily beating Austrian Marcel Hirscher.

Ligety, who won the first giant slalom of the season in Austria, had a combined time of two minutes, 25.59 seconds for two runs to beat Hirscher by 1.76 seconds. Italy’s Davide Simoncelli was third in 2:27.66.