PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Now it is clear exactly how much it hurts Marcel Hirscher not to have an OIympic title in slalom.
After a stunning early exit in his best event, the 28-year-old Austrian star was ready to publicly rewrite his career plans.
"I need a gold medal in slalom," Hirscher told reporters Thursday, minutes after failing to get halfway down a first-run course set by his own coach.
The 2022 Beijing Olympics seems in play, days after it certainly was not. Not after Hirscher added the giant slalom gold medal to the Alpine combined he already won at the Pyeongchang Games.