With his triumph in the Schladming Night Slalom, ski star Marcel Hirscher has set the Hermann Maier record of 54 World Cup victories. On Tuesday evening, the Nagano double Olympic champion took this opportunity to congratulate Marcel on his 55th birthday and I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to him. “to congratulate you on your victory in the Ski World Cup!”
Maier also wrote in the letter published by Maiers Management:”An impressive brand, but I was always convinced that it was only a stopover – also due to the fact that my zest for action was abruptly slowed down after only four World Cup seasons and just over 40 victories on a summer’s day. August 2001.
The 45-year-old also commented in the press release:”I hope that Marcel can continue to set new records unbraked, liberated, with great joy and many other winters in his inimitable manner. 13 victories and four World Cup balls in one season – these are figures I absolutely trust him to do now,” Maier achieved this feat in the 2000/01 season.
At the end, Maier was quoted as follows:”Finally, I would like to say a few words about the subject of comparisons, which the media so readily and constantly strained: Only one can wear the most beautiful beard. And this is clearly Papa Ferdinand!”