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That's snow biz! Ted Ligety , US Ski Team members appear in documentary that airs

Ted Ligety now realizes acting and skiing have at least one thing in common: They're not as easy as they look.Already a star on the slopes, Ligety played a role in the upcoming documentary "Truth in Motion: The U.S. Ski Team's Road to Vancouver," which NBC will air Saturday night.And Ligety thought careening down a slope at nearly 60 mph was tough.It felt almost tame compared to having a film crew follow him around for days on end, recording his every move and conversation. At all hours no less, including when he first opened his eyes at 5 a.m."Those cameras definitely take some getting used to," Ligety said, laughing, during a recent telephone conversation from Europe.The documentary captures the members of the U.S. Ski Team simply being themselves. It's sort of like the HBO reality show " Hard Knocks ," which followed selected NFL teams around during training camp."You see exactly what we're going through every day," said Ligety, who won gold in the combined at the 2006 Turin Games. ...

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