Overview
- Hackl confirmed the 2025/26 campaign will be his last on the World Cup circuit and plans to step back from the travel-heavy role after this winter.
- He remains under contract with Austria’s federation through the 2026 Winter Olympics, which will mark his eleventh Games in an official capacity.
- He condemned the Innsbruck/Igls rebuild as unsafe, pointing to halted luge test runs and a skeleton World Cup cancellation initiated by athletes.
- He labeled the five-year failure to rebuild the Königssee track a greater threat to the sport, warning it undermines training access and youth development.
- He criticized IOC quota decisions tied to adding women’s doubles and the handling of Madeleine Egle’s missed-test suspension, yet expressed confidence Austria is competitive in every discipline.