KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Marcel Hirscher locked up the men’s World Cup giant slalom title with a race to spare on Saturday, underlining his ongoing dominance of the discipline. The Austrian has won eight of the last 10 World Cup giant slaloms and reached the podium of the other two. It was Hirscher’s fourth straight GS title and fifth in total, matching American Ted Ligety’s tally. Working his way back from knee and back injuries, Ligety hasn’t won a race since October 2015. Apart from dominating GS, Hirscher was also expected to also wrap up the slalom title this weekend as he will enter Sunday’s race with a 144-point lead over Kristoffersen.

Source: National Post March 03, 2018 09:34 UTC