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Alpine ski great Marcel Hirscher will compete in the slalom World Cup race in Levi, Finland on Sunday. “Like Sölden, Levi is a benchmark for where I am athletically after the extremely long absence,” he said in a statement published by his ski equipment company VAN DEER-Red Bull Sports said on Wednesday. He travels to Levi knowing that “with very high probability, this will be my last time racing there.” “A ski race 135 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle is too remote for masses of spectators. Personally, I think that’s what makes the races there so special: the nature, the northern lights,…