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Miller 12th, One Step Closer to Overall

Thu 13th, March 2008

Bormio, Italy (Sports Network) - Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) is one step closer to capturing the World Cup overall title after finishing 12th in a dramatic super G race that eliminated Austrian Benny Raich and distanced Switzerland's Didier Cuche from the title as World Cup Finals got underway in Bormio, Italy Thursday. Miller only needs a single top 15 finish in the final two races to clinch the Audi FIS World Cup title.

Austrian Hannes Reichelt won the men's race, which, in a surprising twist, allowed him to take the World Cup super G title from Cuche by just one point. Cuche, who was the super G leader by 99 points going into Thursday's race, finished 16th and collected no World Cup points.

Cuche's finish also puts him 191 points behind Miller for the overall World Cup title. Although not impossible to make up, it would require him to win the remaining two events with Miller finishing outside the top 15. Raich, who was also in contention for the overall, now sits 236 points behind Miller even after finishing fourth in the super G, which puts him too far back to win.

The U.S. Ski Team's Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) entered the super G primarily to get a firsthand look at the hill in preparation for his World Cup title bid on Friday.

Ligety said. "I'm feeling confident after winning the last giant slalom, so we'll see how it goes, Ligety said.. It's going to be a long giant slalom course tomorrow so I'm going to have to get my legs ready for sure. I made a lot of mistakes up top, so I knew I was out of it. I just tried to skate back on the course and just make it down,"

Ligety is headed into the giant slalom finals leading the standings by 27 points over Raich with Italy's Manfred Moelgg close behind. He put himself in position for the Audi FIS World Cup GS title with a win last weekend in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

"I just have to stay focused. I can't ski like I did today and go on some wild ride," Ligety said. "It's going to be tough for all of us. I never took a race where I wasn't 100 percent going for it and I need to start pushing those limits now."

Ligety needs a win or second on Friday to clinch the title. If he does, it will be the third globe so far for American skiers. Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) won the downhill and has nearly clinched the overall. Miller clinched the super combined and is virtually locked on the men's overall. Both Vonn and Miller need only one top 15 to clinch.

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