The U.S. Ski Team got a scare last weekend when Olympic champion Ted Ligety, the team’s most accomplished male racer, injured his right knee in a downhill training run at the U.S. Championships.
But doctors have determined surgery probably won’t be necessary. Ligety, the only American man to win a medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics and bronze medalist at this year’s world championships, suffered damage to the medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments, but the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus were undamaged.
U.S. Ski Team medical director Richard Quincy said Ligety’s knee will be immobilized for two weeks, then re-evaluated.
“I feel pretty fortunate that it’s not as bad as it could be,” said Ligety, who is from Park City, Utah. “At this point, I’m just going to rest and recuperate in Park City. I’ll have regular checkups and will hopefully be able to get back into preparing for the Olympic season in the not too distant future.” John Meyer, The Denver Post
Klug wins national title.
Chris Klug of Aspen won his 10th national title, although he had to do it in Canada, winning the parallel giant slalom at Mount Tremblant, Quebec, on Thursday. The U.S. championships were held at the same time as the Canadian championships because of bad weather in Alaska last week.
Jasey Jay Anderson and Matt Morrison of Canada finished 1-2, and Klug claimed the U.S. title by finishing third. Klug said it’s difficult racing on the East Coast in the spring, but he was “stoked” with his finish. “I had some really good runs,” Klug said. “In parallel racing it takes 10 good runs to win a race, and today I had nine good runs.”
Lindsay Lloyd of Utah, Josh Wylie of Vermont and Lynn Ott of Oregon also won U.S. titles — Lloyd in the parallel giant slalom, and Wylie and Ott in the parallel slalom. Ott beat Erica Mueller of Steamboat Springs for her crown.
Eagles take commanding lead.
Fraser Filipic scored at 6:47 of overtime, with Aaron Schneekloth and Ryan Tobler getting the assists, and the Colorado Eagles beat host Bossier-Shreveport 3-2 to take a 3-0 lead in the Central Hockey League best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals. Ed McGrane and Konrad Reeder had the Eagles’ other goals.
14ers playoff tickets on sale.
Colorado 14ers playoff tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., the team announced. The 14ers have the best record in the NBA Development League with seven games to play.
Tickets will be available at , by phone at 800-745-3000, and at all Ticketmaster outlets and the Broomfield Event Center box office.
