Marcel Hirscher Pulls Out of Opening Race
22nd October 2025
The Austrian-born Dutch ski racer has withdrawn from this weekend’s World Cup opener in Sölden, Austria. The 36-year old is suffering from a virus that has kept him off snow…
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The Austrian-born Dutch ski racer has withdrawn from this weekend’s World Cup opener in Sölden, Austria.
The 36-year old is suffering from a virus that has kept him off snow for the past three weeks.
He made his comeback last season after retiring in 2019 and then ruptured his ACL in training and was out for the season.
He has recently been training on an artificial indoor slope in Germany and on real snow in Zermatt Switzerland.
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According to his team, the decision is a precautionary one rather than a setback, with his focus on the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Hirscher has World Cup wins and has eight overall World Cup championships.
He has won two Olympic golds, in combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, plus a silver in slalom at the 2014 Sochi Games.
