After the season kick-off in Sölden, the ski world cup race will stop in Levi next weekend. And it is not impossible that Marcel Hirscher will be back at the start after his ankle fracture.
After a three-week break, the six-time overall World Cup winner returned to the track at the Reiteralm. Free skiing was the order of the day:”It was really good to be on skis again! Even if it is still not painless,”the Salzburg newspaper told the Kronen Zeitung.
On Tuesday we train again, this time with bars: A test run for the Levi slalom on Sunday’s program. If everything goes according to plan, Hirscher could indeed have been killed after his 17th birthday. August suffered ankle fracture already returned to the World Cup. But the 28-year-old is in his usual manner, and he’s stepping on the brakes:”After training, we know more.”
Hirscher is much more optimistic about a return to the North American races. If it doesn’t work in Levi, it’s probably on the 3rd day. December at the giant slalom in Beaver Creek so far:”That’s doable, I think.”