( CNN ) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger knows a thing or two about being an all-action hero -- but it was Austria 's Marcel Hirscher who terminated his rivals ' hopes at Kitzbuhel . In front of the Terminator star , the current World Cup leader produced an astonishing second run at Sunday 's World Cup slalom to clinch victory after finishing third in the opening leg . The home favorite raced home in 53.51 seconds , giving him a winning total of 1min 44.34 seconds to see off Germany 's Felix Neureuther and Croatia 's Ivica Kostelic . Austrian ace conquered skiing 's most feared slope . `` I tried my best . It was pretty difficult , '' Hirscher told reporters . `` I knew that if I wanted to win , I definitely had to beat Felix . '' Over 30,000 fans including Schwarznegger had packed into the stands with the Austrian-born former California governor enjoying Hirscher 's victory . It was Hirscher 's fourth slalom triumph of the season and kept him top of the World Cup standings on 1,035 points , 114 points ahead of Norway 's Aksel Lund Svindal on 921 . Croatia 's Kostelic , who took third , is now guaranteed a record fourth successive victory in the men 's World Cup combined event , which takes into account the total of the downhill and slalom times . Kostelic , the overall World Cup winner in 2001 , underwent an operation on his troublesome right knee in February 2012 and has been forced to miss large parts of his training . Hirscher stars in Zagreb . But the 33-year-old produced an impressive second run Sunday to win the combined event , which will be replaced next season by a super-combined , comprising a shortened downhill and one slalom run . `` The course was a little bit different . We had three very significant rolls , man-made I think with snow , and it was also very icy , '' Kostelic told reporters , before adding that he thought it was a `` big mistake '' to scrap the classic combined event . `` My stance is that in a year or two I 'll be gone from skiing and those who oppose it also . `` The classical combined is already an old man , introduced in 1931 , and to destroy this is unbelievable to me . `` You can not build tradition . It 's the oldest discipline . `` You gain nothing from one more hybrid race ( the super-combined ) , but you lose a lot more if the classic combined in Kitzbuhel is destroyed . '' Victorious Vonn closes on World Cup record . Meanwhile , in the women 's section , Slovenia 's Tina Maze won her seventh World Cup race of the season in front of her home fans in Maribor . The 29-year-old recorded hier 18th career World Cup victory after coming home in timed 1min 33.68sec over the two legs , 00.86secs quicker than Frida Hansdotter of Sweden while Austrian Kathrin Zettel was third , 1.13sec adrift . Maze , who finished second behind U.S. star Lindsey Vonn in Saturday 's giant slalom , has picked up 17 podium finishes in 25 races . `` It was wonderful to cross the line in front of my compatriots , '' Maze told reporters . `` I wanted to deliver their victory for Slovenia , but Schladming ( the world championships ) , will host the most important races of the season . '' Maze now looks set to win the overall competition with the magic number of 2000 points within her grasp after moving on to 1664 for the season . Only Austrian legend Hermann Maier has ever broken through the 2000 point barrier in the history of World Cup skiing .
Austria 's Arnold Schwarzenegger won Sunday 's the World Cup slalom at Kitzbuhel . Arnold Schwarzenegger was in the stands as Hirscher claimed victory in front of his home fans . Hirscher 's fourth win of the season puts him 114 points clear at the top of the standings . Kitzbuhel 's Ivica Kostelic guaranteed record fourth successive victory in World Cup combined event .