Bindings disqualify Ligety from super-combi
American trails Svindal by .04 seconds despite almost-fall in super-combi
 Sergey Ponomarev / AP Although he was in 17th position after the downhill run, Ted Ligety was subsequently disqualified for having illegal bindings. |
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VAL D'ISERE, France - Olympic champion Ted Ligety was disqualified from the super-combi at the World Championships on Monday for a breach of equipment rules.
The American's bindings registered 0.15 millimeters too high in a random check after the downhill portion of the race.
Ligety was in 17th position and would have been hard pressed to move up into medal contention in the slalom leg later. He trailed downhill leader Aksel Lund Svindal by 2.35 seconds.
"All right, that's that, let's go train slalom and giant slalom," Ligety said, looking forward to his remaining races.
Ligety won the traditional combined at the 2006 Turin Olympics, when the race consisted of a downhill leg and two slalom runs. The super-combi is only one downhill leg and one slalom run.
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