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Hirscher wins slalom as worlds conclude
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February 18, 2013, Monday
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OVERALL World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher won the men's slalom title on the last day of the world championships in Schladming for his first individual gold at a major event.
Hirscher held onto his first-run lead to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 51.03 seconds.
Felix Neureuther of Germany was 0.41 seconds back in second. Mario Matt of Austria took third, 0.65 behind.
Three-time champion Ted Ligety of the United States skied out in the first run.
Hirscher, who finished runner-up to Ligety in the giant slalom, missed the 2011 worlds because of a broken foot.
Hirscher's victory earned the host nation Austria its second gold of the worlds, after the mixed team event, and the 40,000-strong crowd packed around the cramped finish area welcomed their new champion in deafening, cowbell-ringing and horn-blowing acclaim.
The Austrian's path to limelight was cleared in the first run when Ligety's bid for a fourth gold at these worlds was dashed after he bombed out.
Ligety bounced messily around one gate and landed awkwardly, one of his skis breaking free to leave him looking back up the slope in regret.
It meant the American could not add to his medal haul of three golds (super-G, super combined, giant slalom), the first time a male skier has achieved that feat since France's Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.
French hopes for a medal floundered, with Alexis Pinturault finishing sixth, 1.24 seconds behind, and defending world champion Jean-Baptiste Grange 12th at 2.43 seconds.
Hirscher held onto his first-run lead to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 51.03 seconds.
Felix Neureuther of Germany was 0.41 seconds back in second. Mario Matt of Austria took third, 0.65 behind.
Three-time champion Ted Ligety of the United States skied out in the first run.
Hirscher, who finished runner-up to Ligety in the giant slalom, missed the 2011 worlds because of a broken foot.
Hirscher's victory earned the host nation Austria its second gold of the worlds, after the mixed team event, and the 40,000-strong crowd packed around the cramped finish area welcomed their new champion in deafening, cowbell-ringing and horn-blowing acclaim.
The Austrian's path to limelight was cleared in the first run when Ligety's bid for a fourth gold at these worlds was dashed after he bombed out.
Ligety bounced messily around one gate and landed awkwardly, one of his skis breaking free to leave him looking back up the slope in regret.
It meant the American could not add to his medal haul of three golds (super-G, super combined, giant slalom), the first time a male skier has achieved that feat since France's Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.
French hopes for a medal floundered, with Alexis Pinturault finishing sixth, 1.24 seconds behind, and defending world champion Jean-Baptiste Grange 12th at 2.43 seconds.
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