Marcel Hirscher poses a mystery to the ski world

Although Martin Cater was an athlete on Sunday in Val d'Isére sensationally won the first downhill run of the season with start number 41 , the excitement of the day was different from an Austrian perspective. Marcel Hirscher has one Posted a video of him practicing giant slalom . Media and ski fans immediately speculated: will there be a comeback now, more than a year after the superstar's career ended?

In any case, the video did not go unnoticed by many of Hirscher's former colleagues. Kjetil Jansrud commented with a wink: “Hello. This is Kjetil from FIS Service. I see that you are still capable of winning World Cup races by a wide margin. Are you interested? I can send you an access link immediately. Just send me a message.” Meanwhile, Julien Lizeroux remarked with a smile: “You look old, Marcel.”

The colleagues in the Austrian team would be looking forward to Hirscher's comeback. “If it’s really true, that’s cool. Plus, he's a young guy and can drive until he's 40. When he left it at the time, I thought to myself, it's definitely too early, at some point he'll think, oh, I'll come back again," explained Hannes Reichelt, who believes Hirscher will soon be "at the front" again. Career in another business? Vincent Kriechmayr also saw in the video that Hirscher was still “in a great mood”. “The best skier of all time is an enrichment for skiing. I would be happy. He'll know what he's doing." And Austria's men's boss Andreas Puelacher says: "After his training performance, he wouldn't have to qualify, of course I would take him."

The Austrians' badly-stricken technicians would welcome Hirscher's return. Will there actually be a comeback? Probably not. Rather, Hirscher's path seems to be heading towards a different business. Hirscher links to “themountainstudio” in his video, which stands for ski and active clothing and which, according to the website, is due to launch in autumn 2021. The former sports star can already be seen in pictures in the ski outfit. Big bureaucratic hurdles However, it would not be formally possible to return so quickly. On the International Ski Federation (FIS) website, Hirscher's status says “Active – Not allowed”. According to anti-doping regulations, athletes with comeback intentions must be in a testing pool for six months before they are allowed to join again. However, there are exceptions for an earlier return.

Hirscher's father Ferdinand also made it clear that a comeback was unlikely. He had said just a week ago that he would like to persuade his son to set off again. “But at the moment, motorcycling is almost more important to him. Enduro and motocross. “He trains a lot and is in good physical condition,” the senior said. The physical fitness is clearly visible in the ski video.

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Marcel Hirscher poses a mystery to the ski world

Marcel Hirscher fueled speculation about a return with a video on social media. His ex-colleagues would be happy - but it is more likely that the Salzburg man will start in another business instead of a second ski career.

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