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"If you're standing in front of a big, big, huge wall, and you have no chance to climb it, and then behind you there are a hundred of rabid dogs who want sbranarti, then you have to save your life at all costs" . With this metaphor a bit 'melodramatic Marcel Hirscher has described the Associated Press that the pressure on him every time he has a race, with the obligation to win and leave behind their opponents chasing him.
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The statement has been reported from the site of NBC OlympicTalk in the phone book. Yes, because obviously Hirscher also refers to the Olympic competitions. Austria has won a total of 105 medals in five circles in alpine skiing, almost twice that of Switzerland is second with 56. But the men of Vancouver Wunderteam have not brought home any precious metal, in contrast to women who have won four of them.
Last season also no man or woman apart Hirscher of Austria won a World Championship gold or a World Cup specialty. It 'clear that the pressure of the Austrian media will be all in Sochi on 24-year old Marcel who is in charge of slalom world champion and winner of the'' last cup of narrow poles as well as the absolute one.
Meanwhile Hirscher held on Sunday next season's first slalom in Levi, where he was second last year behind the Swede Andre Myhrer. The Austrian after finishing third in the giant slalom in Sölden also wants to extend his impressive series of 12 consecutive podium finishes in 21 races and techniques in the last 22 races including the World Championships and the City Event.
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