Record eight-time overall World Cup skiing champion Marcel Hirscher is back training on snow nine months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee — meaning he should be on schedule to compete in the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February.

The 36-year-old Hirscher, who was born in Austria but has competed for the Netherlands since coming out of retirement last season, completed his first slalom turns in his new country: at an indoor skiing facility in Zoetermeer.

“A very good first outing, with three key learnings. First, the knee shows no negative reaction which is really great. Second, the joy of skiing remains. Third, the road back to race mode is still long,” Hirscher said Friday, according to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation.

Hirscher had his re

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