Hirscher, BIG BERRY team send you good luck vibes!
Hirscher made history when he won the giant slalom at Kranjska Gora (SLO) on 4 March 2017. The 44th victory of his career, just two days after his 28th birthday, handed the Austrian that record sixth overall FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup title, extending an unbeaten sequence that stretches back to 2012. That meant he overtook Marc Girardelli as the most successful skier in the competition’s history. The Luxembourger won five big crystal globes in his career, though not consecutively.
Hirscher rounded off the 2016/17 season with another giant slalom win at the FIS World Cup Finals in Aspen (USA). The 45th victory of his career, it was also his 107th podium finish, a tally that also includes 42 second places and 20 third places.The Austrian’s World Cup run is all the more remarkable for the fact that he does not compete in the downhill, has never won a combined event, and has just one super-G victory to his name, in Beaver Creek (USA) in 2016.
The cornerstones of Hirscher’s sustained success over the years have been the slalom and the giant slalom, events in which he has won 20 and 22 races respectively, collecting four small crystal globes in each. Those impressive statistics are founded on the most solid of techniques and a resolutely attacking style.
Moreover, Hirscher showcased those attributes yet again at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Championships in St Moritz (SUI), where he secured a maiden giant slalom crown and a second slalom world title to go with the one he pocketed on home snow in Schladming in 2013.
Actually,four years and many victories and trophies later, Hirscher is about to renew his quest for the one item missing from his extensive medal collection: an Olympic gold. He will have at least four bites of the cherry at PyeongChang 2018: in the slalom, giant slalom, the new team event, and the combined. He may even have five, should he decide to line up in the super-G.
Should PyeongChang prove to be his last Olympic Winter Games, as he has hinted, the multi-talented Austrian has every chance of ensuring it is a golden swansong.
Hirscher, BIG BERRY team send you good luck vibes!
Source and Photo by: olympic.org