Marcel Hirscher

US skiing champion Mikaela Shiffrin won the second of two giant slalom races in Slovenia's Kranjska Gora on 8 January for her 82nd World Cup career victory, matching the women's record held by her compatriot Lindsey Vonn.

The winner of the record seven consecutive alpine skiing World Cups Marcel Hirscher made a surprising advertisement to Bansko and Bulgaria with a blog post. This happened days after the start of the World Cup tournament in our winter resort.

The Austrian skier expressed his admiration and amazement by the fact that the little alpine skiing country has such tracks.

The runner-up from the recent world championship in Sweden's Aare in the same discipline finished behind Alexis Pinturault of France, who secured the small crystal globe in the combined event, and Austria's Marcel Hirscher.

Albert Popov continues to write his history in the Alpine Ski World Cup. 21-year-old Bulgarian finished the phenomenal sixth place in the night slalom in Schladming and recorded a new record ranking among the best in the world.

Albert Popov made an amazing race and was the big surprise in the slalom at the Austrian Kitzbuehel resort, a round of the Alpine Ski World Cup.

The 21-year-old Bulgarian took the ninth place in the final standings, although he was the 71st starting number.

Austrian ace Marcel Hirscher’s long wait for Olympic gold ended yesterday when he produced a brilliant slalom run to storm to a dominant victory in the men’s alpine combined.

Sweden's Mattias Hargin took advantage of a botched second leg by home favourite Marcel Hirscher to claim a maiden World Cup victory in Sunday's Kitzbuehel slalom.
      
Hirscher, the reigning world slalom champion and 2013 winner here, led after the first leg but a mistake halfway down the second run saw his time deficit overturned to hand Hargin a memorable triumph.