“Dizzy as hell”: Hirscher with harsh criticism

The World Cup is in its peak phase in January and things are happening in quick succession. The runners feel how busy the program is for an athlete on a World Cup weekend with running sightseeing, races, media appointments, evening start number draws and award ceremonies, but the public doesn't always see it. “On Saturday (RTL in Adelboden, editor's note) I was in the room at nine and fell over. “We’re really getting sharpened,” said Hirscher.

Marcel Hirscher on the way to his victory in Adelboden. © APA/afp / FABRICE COFFRINI

This is unthinkable in other sports, but jet lag times are rarely adhered to in skiing. “We come home from America on Tuesday and on Friday we have slope skiing in Val d'Isere. You’re dizzy as hell, you don’t know where you are.” “Actually, I’m thinking, am I crazy?” These are the things he “don’t feel like doing” anymore. “But those who pay extra are the fans, the spectators who are at the draw. Of course I'll go, but actually I think to myself, I'm crazy. I have to do physical training, I have to get a massage, I have to recover so that I can be good again tomorrow.” Of course, it is important and nice to be close to the fans.

Shutting down is the least of it, it's a very small part of the cake. “I really enjoy it. I just have to accept the rest,” Hirscher has the choice to submit or leave it. He doesn't want to complain, he just wants to point things out. Almost everyone feels the same, he is “just lucky that I can do it very intensively and very often”. That’s what success brings with it. Anna Veith's injury makes Hirscher thoughtful The serious injury to his compatriot Anna Veith gives Hirscher pause. “I don’t think it can be any more bitter. You’re at a loss for words,” said Hirscher after his slalom success in Adelboden.

Anna Veith tore a cruciate ligament.

He feels “incredibly sorry” for his companion of the same age, with whom he went to school together at the Bad Hofgastein ski hotel management school. But if anyone can stand it, it's Anna. “Hopefully she will be healthy again soon. No matter which direction it goes. And that she can do what she’s good at again.”

In any case, every day when he went skiing, he was grateful that he never had anything. “Because the risk you take is simply not tradable. You take it in, but you’ll know whether you’re up for it or not when you’re through it.”

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“Dizzy as hell”: Hirscher with harsh criticism

Even when ski superstar Marcel Hirscher rushes from victory to victory, he doesn't forget to be grateful every day that he is healthy and uninjured. Nevertheless, there is criticism from the ski dominator.

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