KITZBUEHEL, Austria -- Defending overall champion Marcel Hirscher posted the
fastest time in the first run of a World Cup slalom in heavy snow Friday.
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opened the race in 56.92 seconds. Felix Neureuther of Germany was 0.38 behind to
become the only racer within a second of the lead. Luca Aerni of Switzerland,
who started 27th, finished 1.36 behind in third, closely followed by Fritz
Dopfer of Germany and Alexis Pinturault of France, who won the slalom in Wengen
last week. "Visibilty was obviously bad," said Hirscher, who wiped his goggles
immediately after crossing the finish line. Michael Janyk of Whistler, B.C., was
the top Canadian in 17th place. Mario Matt of Austria skied out in the first
run, which means Hirscher will remain in the lead of the slalom standings
regardless the outcome of the second run. Hirscher is aiming to become the first
slalom skier to win back-to-back crystal globes since Thomas Sykora in 1997 and
98. Its the final slalom before nations have to name their Alpine skiing teams
for the Sochi Olympics. After days of mild weather, course workers salted the
piste in order to harden up the surface, but the fresh snow made for difficult
conditions. Furthermore, the unusual placing of some gates by Croatian coach
Ante Kostelic made racing even harder. "On such a tough course the field gets
torn apart," Hirscher said. Kostelic, the father of former overall champions
Ivica and Janica, has made a name for setting challenging courses. A year ago in
Kitzbuehel, the jury rejected a course set by Kostelic, deeming it as
"unskiable." The course wasnt that extraordinary this time, though Neureuther
said it was "by far the most difficult slalom in Kitzbuehel I have ever done."
"Visibility is brutal, the course setting is extreme, and the piste is bad," the
German said. "Its extreme but we are the best ski racers so we have to adapt to
these conditions. I managed that quite well in the first run. I think nobody
feels really well today." Nolan Kasper of the United States lost a pole when he
tried to clean his goggles during the final part of his run. He still completed
the final gates and came 3.34 seconds behind in 25th place. "Its definitely
tough, its one or two gates in a row that get a lot of splashback," Kasper said.
"Its not the snow falling, its the snow from the gate. Thats why I tried to wipe
my goggles and dropped my pole. I am probably not going to do that next run."
The second run will be held under floodlights later Friday.
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