FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The winner of the record seven consecutive alpine skiing World Cups Marcel Hirscher made a surprising advertisement to Bansko and Bulgaria with a blog post. This happened days after the start of the World Cup tournament in our winter resort.

The Austrian skier expressed his admiration and amazement by the fact that the little alpine skiing country has such tracks.

Albert Popov made an amazing race and was the big surprise in the slalom at the Austrian Kitzbuehel resort, a round of the Alpine Ski World Cup.

The 21-year-old Bulgarian took the ninth place in the final standings, although he was the 71st starting number.

The Austrian skier Anna Fenninger continued with her successful performance at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, which was held in the Bulgarian resort Bansko.

Fenninger won the Ladies Super Giant Slalom on Monday, recording a second successive victory in Bansko, after she won the Ladies Alpine Combined on Sunday.

Austria's Anna Fenninger won the Alpine Skiing World Cup Ladies Combined Race in Bulgaria's Bansko on Sunday witn a total time of 2 minutes 5.06 seconds from the two legs.

Overall leader Tina Maze of Slovenia followed 0.39 seconds behind.

Kathrin Zettel of Austria was third with 2 minutes 6.12 seconds.

Austria's Anna Fenninger is leading after Run 1 of the Alpine Skiing World Cup - Ladies - Combined race in Bulgaria's Bansko witn one minute 12.73 seconds, followed by overall leader Tina Maze of Slovenia with one minute 13.18 seconds.

Nicole Hosp of Austria and Switzerland's Dominique Gisin were both third with one minute 13.32 seconds each.

Munich airport police have helped Lindsey Vonn board a plane to Bulgaria for a World Cup event after the US ski queen realized she had forgotten her passport, the AP reported on Wednesday.

When Vonn arrived at the airport for a flight to Sofia she realized she had left her passport in Salzburg, Austria.

Tickets for the most anticipated event of the year in Bansko - the Alpine Skiing World Cup scheduled for February 27 to March 1, have already started selling.

The tickets can be found both in the Bansko ticket center next to the cable cars depot and in Sofia's Max Sport store on Bulgaria Blvd 81, Standart news reported.