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Austria’s Hirscher takes gold in Men’s Alpine combined
PyeongChang, Feb 13 (IANS) Austrian Marcel Hirscher, a serial World Cup winner, won the first Olympic gold medal of his career on Tuesday after topping the Men’s Alpine Combined Slalom at the Winter Olympic Games here.
The 28-year-old Hirscher, who has won six overall World Cup titles, came into PyeongChang with just one silver medal from his two previous Olympic Games, reports Efe.
The Austrian finished the first run in 1:20.56, and his second in 45.96 for a total of 2:06.52 — 0.23 seconds ahead of runner-up Alexis Pinturault of France.
“Everyone is saying, ‘Nice career, but an Olympic gold medal is still missing’. This is perfect, unbelievable. A dream coming true. All the people expected me to win a gold medal, especially in Austria, my home country, where skiing is big,” Hirscher said.
Hirscher ended Austria’s longest gold medal-drought in a men’s Alpine skiing event at the Winter Games, winning the country’s first Olympic title in a men’s combination event since Mario Reiter won at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
Pinturault’s compatriot Victor Muffat-Jeandet followed 0.77 seconds late, 1.02 seconds behind the winner.
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Ted Ligety was placed just outside the top three, an agonising 0.1 seconds behind Muffat-Jeandet.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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