Winter Olympics 2002: He was a forerunner as well in the Giant Slalom (February 21 at Park City, won by Stephan Eberharter) as in the Slalom (February 23 at Deer Valley, won by Jean-Pierre Vidal).
Ligety recorded his first World Cup podium finish in the first slalom of the season, at Beaver Creek in December, and followed that up with a second and a third during the next three slaloms.