Published on 03/12/2013

Ivica Kostelić, the 2011 overall world cup champion and three time defending combined champion had been hampered all season with a knee injury. But the 33-year-old Zagreb native showed no signs of pain as he clocked a winning combined time of one minute 45.81 seconds to top the podium 10 years after his first victory.

Ivica Kostelić is the 2011 overall world cup champion

Ivica Kostelic won his first world cup slalom race of the season on Sunday with victory in Kranjska Gora.

The 2011 overall world cup champion and three time defending combined champion had been hampered all season with a knee injury.

But the 33-year-old Zagreb native showed no signs of pain as he clocked a winning combined time of one minute 45.81 seconds to top the podium 10 years after his first victory.

Ivica Kostelić, distinguished Croatian skier, 2012/13, winner of the 2011 World Cup Slalom,
decorated with Croatian Glagolitic Script: HRVATSKA (CROATIA)

1	KOSTELIC Ivica	1979	CRO	52.30
2	HIRSCHER Marcel	1989	AUT	52.90
3	MATT Mario	1979	AUT	52.74
4	BYGGMARK Jens	1985	SWE	52.42
5	HERBST Reinfried	1978	AUT	53.42
6	MYHRER Andre	1983	SWE	52.24
7	LARSSON Markus	1979	SWE	53.74
8	YUASA Naoki	1983	JPN	52.93
9	MOELGG Manfred	1982	ITA	53.01
10	DOPFER Fritz	1987	GER	53.08
11	THALER Patrick	1978	ITA	53.26
12	AERNI Luca	1993	SUI	55.61
13	HARGIN Mattias	1985	SWE	53.72
14	MISSILLIER Steve	1984	FRA	53.22
15	JANYK Michael	1982	CAN	54.90
16	NANI Roberto	1988	ITA	55.23
17	GINI Marc	1984	SUI	54.50
18	LIGETY Ted	1984	USA	54.66
19	TONETTI Riccardo	1989	ITA	55.56
20	GROSS Stefano	1986	ITA	52.78
21	PALONIEMI Santeri	1993	FIN	55.44
22	KHOROSHILOV Alexander	1984	RUS	54.11
23	HAUGEN Leif Kristian	1987	NOR	55.41
24	KRYZL Krystof	1986	CZE	55.58
25	KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik	1994	NOR	54.26
26	BAECK Axel	1987	SWE	54.84

ワールドカップウェンゲン大会のスラローム優勝者、イヴィッツァ・コスタリッチが歌います。

Ivica Kostelić's sister Janica is the greatest female alpine skier in the history of this sport.
Here you can see amazing Janica skiing with one stick only, having lost another one at the very beginning of the race!

Formated for CROWN by Darko Žubrinić
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