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Austria's Marcel Hirscher competes during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Kitzbuehel. Austria, Sunday, Jan.22, 2012. World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher straddled a gate while winning the Jan. 5 night slalom in Croatia, a mistake that normally means automatic disqualification. Austrian coaches studying footage of Hirscher's second run in Zagreb after the race saw that one of his skis hit a gate and then passed it on the wrong side, Austria's head coach Mattias Berthold said Sunday. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka)