Hirscher to career-end: "I was burned out!

Late public confession by Marcel Hirscher: Unlike in the past then and when mentioned, Austria's former exceptional ski hero has ended his first career because of total exhaustion! "I was simply burned out mentally and physically," says Hirscher, "I simply couldn't anymore ..." As the Salzburger, who had been torn from his efforts to make a comeback on December 2nd by a cruciate ligament rupture, reported in the ORF broadcast "Doc 1: Marcel, the…

Is he coming back again or is he definitely quitting? This question was probably the most popular one at the Ski World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm on Friday afternoon. Marcel Hirscher pushed the active stars of the scene into the background at times.

Marcel Hirscher spoke for the first time about his burnout, which led to the surprising career end in 2019. There was no other option for the ski superstar from Annaberg at the time. In an ORF documentary, he gives insights into the past years and talks about the bursting dream of the home world championship in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.