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Prize money in Alpine skiing is set to reach new heights in the upcoming World Cup season as the winners of the classic downhill and the slalom in Kitzbuehel in January will both receive 100,000 euros ($111,000 US), a record for a single race.

Two-time Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher, the first Alpine skier to win eight overall World Cup titles, is retiring after 12 seasons.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch World Cup alpine action.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch World Cup alpine action.

Beat Feuz and Nicole Schmidhofer wrapped up the season-long downhill titles at the World Cup Finals despite neither winning a race on Wednesday in Soldeu, Andorra. Benjamin Thomsen of Invermere, B.C., was 18th.

Watch action from the World Cup alpine skiing event in Soldeu, Andorra.

Marcel Hirscher has secured his eighth consecutive men's World Cup overall title on Sunday after placing third in the penultimate slalom of the season and tying Lindsey Vonn's World Cup record of 20 overall and discipline championships.

Henrik Kristoffersen continued his strong form in giant slalom on Saturday, winning the penultimate men's World Cup race of the season in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

Mikaela Shiffrin set yet another milestone on Saturday, clinching a record 15th World Cup victory of the season in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic.

Petra Vlhova won the penultimate women's World Cup giant slalom of the season Friday and third-place Mikaela Shiffrin closed in on her first GS season title.