Alpine skiing-Hirscher cleared for another World Cup comeback at 36


FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine World Ski Championships - Men's Giant Slalom - Saalbach, Austria - February 14, 2025 Austria's Marcel Hirscher is pictured REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

(Reuters) -Alpine ski great Marcel Hirscher could be on for an Olympic comeback at the age of 36 after being cleared to return to the World Cup as a wildcard following his recovery from a serious knee injury.

The 2018 double Olympic gold medallist, and winner of a record eight overall World Cups as an Austrian, last October ended five years of retirement to compete for his mother's country the Netherlands.

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