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Hirscher ends year with slalom win
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December 20, 2012, Thursday
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AUSTRIA'S Marcel Hirscher finished 2012 in style with his second victory of the winter in a floodlit slalom in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, his last race of the year.
The reigning overall World Cup champion won both runs and destroyed the field in the night's second leg to win in a combined time of one minute 42.50 seconds. Hirscher, who finished on the podium in all seven technical races held this winter, left second-placed German Felix Neureuther 1.67 seconds adrift.
His consistency and his second win of the season, after success in the giant slalom at Val d'Isere 10 days ago, lifted the Austrian to second in the overall World Cup standings, 54 points behind Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal.
"I gave it more than 100 percent. All in all, it was an awesome second run," said Hirscher. "Now I'm looking forward to Christmas... I can devote some time to my girlfriend."
While the speed specialists will resume skiing with a downhill in Bormio, Italy, on December 29, Hirscher will not race before New Year's Day.
Japan's Naoki Yuasa achieved his first career podium after climbing from 26th to third with a blistering second run.
"It's a night I'll never forget," said Yuasa, who was all the more surprised as he finished the race lying on the snow after injuring a disc on the way down.
The reigning overall World Cup champion won both runs and destroyed the field in the night's second leg to win in a combined time of one minute 42.50 seconds. Hirscher, who finished on the podium in all seven technical races held this winter, left second-placed German Felix Neureuther 1.67 seconds adrift.
His consistency and his second win of the season, after success in the giant slalom at Val d'Isere 10 days ago, lifted the Austrian to second in the overall World Cup standings, 54 points behind Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal.
"I gave it more than 100 percent. All in all, it was an awesome second run," said Hirscher. "Now I'm looking forward to Christmas... I can devote some time to my girlfriend."
While the speed specialists will resume skiing with a downhill in Bormio, Italy, on December 29, Hirscher will not race before New Year's Day.
Japan's Naoki Yuasa achieved his first career podium after climbing from 26th to third with a blistering second run.
"It's a night I'll never forget," said Yuasa, who was all the more surprised as he finished the race lying on the snow after injuring a disc on the way down.
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