Marcel Hirscher is planning to return to skiing racing next season after five years in retirement. And he’s going to compete for the Netherlands — his mother’s country — instead of his native Austria. The Austrian winter sports federation announced Wednesday that it had released the 35-year-old Hirscher and endorsed his nation change. Hirscher was born and raised in Austria to an Austrian father and a Dutch mother, Sylvia.
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