Hirscher to retreat? Verdict on September 4th in prime time, while friend Walkner says his ...

Most of the signals lead to the farewell of the ruler of world skiing, but the scenarios could be different.

Wednesday 28 August 2019 4 minutes reading time

Marcel Hirscher leaves or not? This is the question that the whole of Austria has been asking for months and, after the rumors that have been chased yesterday, now makes the whole environment of skiing and sport persistently talk about. At the age of 30 and after having marked an epoch, Wednesday, September 4, could be the announcement of the withdrawal from the competitions for the ace of Annaberg, but it is equally true that nothing has leaked in this sense from the group of people that surrounds the eight-time World Cup winner; what is certain, Hirscher wants to leave as a winner and the fear of losing even for once his scepter of absolute king of the circuit has made him falter. Physical condition and motivations would not be lacking, but certainties on the verdict that Marcel will decree in exactly one week there are none. What is known, to date, are only the time and date, as the Austrian ace will talk in prime time on Austrian state television, with an appointment set at 8.15 pm on ORF. On the other hand, for the country that is the symbol of world skiing and its favorite son, it is an event that goes beyond sport. It should not be a real conference, probably an interview (the so-called "one to one") issued to the symbolic face of Austrian skiing on national television, Rainer Pariasek, who followed Hirscher's entire career. Meanwhile, some small clues also come from the ... Red Bull Ring: the Austrian automobile circuit hosted yesterday a new release on a KTM-branded Moto2 by Hirscher himself (who already tried a MotoGP in early July), in the company of the winning motorcycle of the 2018 Dakar, compatriot Matthias Walkner, great friend of the Salzburg champion. "I think Marcel will go skiing in the next few days and he will understand where his level is going - Walkner confessed to the" Krone ", opening the possibility that Hirscher has not yet made a decision in his heart - Certainly the season will not start to participate, you can't afford it against opponents like Pinturault and Kristoffersen â€.

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