US EditionSkiing Standout Marcel Hirscher Back on Snow After ACL Injury and on Course for the Winter Olympics
Marcel Hirscher resumed snow training nine months after ACL surgery, completing 1,000 rehab hours and preparing for World Cup and Olympic competition.
- Marcel Hirscher, a 36-year-old eight-time overall World Cup champion, resumed snow training nine months after tearing his left ACL in December during a training fall.
- After coming out of retirement following a five-year hiatus, Hirscher’s comeback last season was interrupted by an injury, with him finishing only one of three races and placing 23rd in the giant slalom at Sölden before the setback.
- He has finished 1,000 hours of rehabilitation, experiences no negative effects in his knee, and intends to trial it on tougher outdoor slopes ahead of the World Cup season kickoff in Sölden at the end of October.
- Hirscher reflected that his recovery has involved gradual progress, acknowledging the injury was challenging but provided important insights, and emphasized that returning to competitive form will take considerable time.
- Hirscher is anticipated to participate in the upcoming February Olympics held in Milan-Cortina, where the men's skiing competitions will take place in Bormio, and may have the advantage of not needing to earn one of Austria's limited four race entry positions.
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Hirscher back on Olympic path after ACL tear
Record eight-time overall World Cup skiing champion Marcel Hirscher is back training on snow nine months after tearing the ACL in his left knee, meaning he should be on schedule to compete at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February.
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Skiing standout Marcel Hirscher back on snow after ACL injury and on course for the Winter Olympics
Record eight-time overall World Cup skiing champion Marcel Hirscher is back training on snow nine months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
After 277 days, ski star Marcel Hirscher is back on the snow. Marcel Hirscher is finally allowed to strap on his ski boots again. "You can't imagine how crazily this moment is and the whole body reacts to it," the 36-year-old describes in a video on social media. In a ski hall in Zoetemeer (Netherlands) he trained for the first time since his severe injury again on snow – see here in the video:The risk questionHe is now richer, with "small steps…
Ski star Marcel Hirscher returned to the piste nine months after his cruciate ligament break. However, in the hall in Zoetermeer in Holland.
SALZBURG, ski star Marcel Hirscher drove around nine months after his cruciate ligament to artificial snow.
Thirty-six-year-old Austrian-Dutch alpine skier Marcel Hirscher tried his hand at snow at the Zoetermeer ski hall in the Netherlands for the first time since tearing his cruciate ligaments nine months ago during training at the Reiteralm, the International Ski Federation (Fis) said.
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