Ski tale Marcel Hirscher’s return from retired life has actually pertained to a sudden end after a major knee injury experienced in training, ruling him out for the remainder of the World Cup period.
“Marcel Hirscher suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee,” his ski business, Van Deer, stated in a declaration Tuesday.
“Cruciate ligament gone, project over!” stated the 35-year-old Hirscher, that retired in 2019 prior to revealing a shock go back to the sporting activity in October.
Hirscher asserted rock-star condition in Austria after scratching up 67 World Cup wins, 2 Olympic golds, 7 globe titles and a document 8 successive general World Cup crystal worlds (2012-19).
After 5 years out, he made his resurgence in the period opener in Soelden, competing for the Netherlands, the nation of his mommy.
“Of course it’s a tough cut after eight months of a heartfelt project and a huge pity, because the whole team, including me, we all had other plans for this winter,” stated Hirscher.
“It will certainly be hard to watch the races… As is unfortunately the case with skiing: (that is) part of the game.”
“Maybe I’m finally done with my journey,” he included, recommending that last month’s slalom in Gurgl might have been his last race.
Hirscher completed 23rd in the large slalom in Soelden, however after that stopped working to receive the 2nd runs in either of both succeeding slaloms.
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