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Germany's Stefan Luitz stumbles after catching his ski in a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Men )

Italy's Roberto Nani competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527234415 )

Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527234601 )

Slovakia's Adam Zampa competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527239976 )

Argentina's Cristian Javier Simari Birkner competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527235142 )

Canada's Trevor Philip competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527235485 )

Cayman Islands' Dow Travers crashes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527238245 )

Austria's Marcel Hirscher competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527236674 )

Austria's Marcel Hirscher competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527236677 )

Argentina's Sebastiano Gastaldi competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527236984 )

Chile's Henrik Von Appen competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237172 )

San Marino's Vincenzo Romano Michelotti falls during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527251990 )

Liechtenstein's Marco Pfiffner competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237238 )

Georgia's Iason Abramashvili competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237652 )

Italy's Davide Simoncelli competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237715 )

Andorra's Joan Verdu Sanchez crashes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527239657 )

Andorra's Joan Verdu Sanchez crashes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527239654 )

Brazil's Jhonatan Longhi competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237957 )

US skier Bode Miller competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527239510 )

Slovenia's Zan Kranjec competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 527239703 )

Norway's Kjetil Jansrud competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527240248 )

Georgia's Iason Abramashvili competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237817 )

France's Steve Missillier competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527240481 )

Czech Republic's Ondrej Bank competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527234833 )

Austria's Marcel Hirscher competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527240634 )

Czech Republic's Ondrej Bank competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527240926 )

South Korea's Park Je-Yun competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237022 )

US skier Ted Ligety skis to win the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527242259 )

France's Alexis Pinturault competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 527242814 )

France's Alexis Pinturault competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527242963 )

US skier Ted Ligety falls in the finish area of the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 527244084 )

US skier Ted Ligety competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527244188 )

Czech Republic's Ondrej Bank competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527244326 )

US skier Ted Ligety competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527244692 )

Portugal's Arthur Hanse competes in the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237943 )

US skier Ted Ligety arrives in the finish line of the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527245025 )

US skier Bode Miller competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527245508 )

France's Alexis Pinturaut competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527246054 )

US skier Ted Ligety competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI /AFP/Getty Images ( 527251980 )

US skier Ted Ligety celebrates after winning the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527245581 )

Czech Republic's Ondrej Bank bites his ski pole after finishing the second run of the men's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Men )

Gold medallist US skier Ted Ligety stands on the podium during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Flower Ceremony at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 527244897 )

Gold medallist US skier Ted Ligety stands on the podium during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Flower Ceremony at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527243566 )

(L-R) Silver medallist France's Steve Missillier, gold medallist US skier Ted Ligety and bronze France's Alexis Pinturault stand on the podium during the Men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Flower Ceremony at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 527243833 )