Absent for the first time from a second round since 2013, Marcel Hirscher experienced “one of the worst slaloms” of his life in Levi

Only 46th in the first round, 2”59 behind Clément Noël, Hirscher (35 years old) was eliminated and admitted to having lived “one of the worst slaloms” of his career, he who had not missed a second round in the discipline since Val-d’Isère on December 15, 2013. Uncomfortable on the icy snow of the Finnish resort, he quickly understood that his task would be very arduous. “I had never skied here in such conditions, he analyzed. I almost walked out after ten doors. It was a struggle and it was almost embarrassing. It didn’t go at all as we hoped. »