Ted Ligety of the United States reacts during the Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (© Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Ted Ligety of the United States reacts during the Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (© Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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• How do you top a gold medal for the men\s combined Alpine skiing event at the 2006 Winter Games?""Win the gold again for the giant slalom in 2014
• To get an idea of the speed and agility required for this sport...""Follow along with the champ himself
• The skiing events in this year\s Winter Olympics are held more than 30 miles away from Sochi itself…""In an alpine resort that didn\t exist when Ligety won his previous Olympic gold in 2006
• Water skiers will tell you they don\t need snow to slalom.""They don\t even need two skis