Alpine Skiing: Marcel Hirscher: For the overall World Cup he does without the chance to win medals.

With fifth place at the City Event in Stockholm, ÖSV superstar Marcel Hirscher has taken the next step towards seventh overall World Cup victory in a row. The Salzburger’s lead over his Norwegian rival Henrik Kristoffersen amounts to 249 points.

Before the Men’s World Cup, however, on 3-4. Hirscher wants to win the Olympic gold medal for the first time in March with the technical races in Kranjska Gora. The 28-year-old, for whom he returned to Salzburg by private jet on Tuesday evening, will “relax a bit” in the next few days and then spend a few days on the 4th flight. February to South Korea.

There he has starts in the combination (13. February), in the Giant Slalom (18. February) and slalom (22. February). The final team competition on 24. This plan would be irresponsible,”Hirscher emphasized in view of the giant slalom and slalom in Slovenia at the beginning of March.

In Kranjska Gora, Hirscher can already fix the small crystal balls in his two showpiece disciplines: 144 points ahead of the last two slaloms on Kristoffersen, which in the giant slalom two races before the end of the race is 105 points behind.