Hirscher wins giant slalom world title after plane incident
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — After an incident involving a military airplane delayed the race, Marcel Hirscher ended his long wait to win a world championship title in giant slalom on Friday.
The race’s decisive second run was pushed back 30 minutes after a monoplane in a Swiss Air Force formation display team’s training exercise struck the cable of a moving overhead television camera.
The camera, for filming racers through the finish line, fell into the area where skiers stop. No one was hurt.
“Every day something unexpected can happen but I am sure a lot of people had a lot of luck today,” Hirscher said.