By AFPMore by this AuthorPYEONGCHANGMarcel Hirscher underlined his status as the best skier of his generation with a first, long-overdue Olympic gold in the alpine combined Tuesday. "Everyone's been saying, 'Nice career, but an Olympic gold medal is still missing'. This is perfect, unbelievable," said Hirscher, who has won an unprecedented six consecutive World Cup overall titles on the back of 55 victories on the circuit. Hirscher, 28, made the most of a shortened opening downhill course on which the jumps were largely eliminated. "The slalom course was very aggressive, really hard to gain speed and find the right line," Hirscher said.

Source: Daily Nation February 13, 2018 09:56 UTC