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On the very day in which began the new season of the freestyle halfpipe World Cup, namely yesterday, world champion in charge of the specialty, the Swiss Virginie Faivre, has announced his retirement from racing.
Sunday 18 December 2016 2 minutes reading time
A career, that of 34 year old in the canton of Vaud, made of so many successes, such as the three world titles in 2009, 2013 and 2013, as the two race wins in most other 10 World Cup podiums and specialty crystal balls put on board in 2008, 2009 and 2013, but also of many incidents that have brought several times concussions.
The final fall took place last spring, and for three weeks accused nausea, dizziness and headaches, then it turned out that they were not caused by damage to the brain but from a disease within the ear that cause problems equilibrium. This is why the Swiss are forced to hang your skis to the nail and to give up chasing the only trophy that was missing, an Olympic medal, only touched in 2014 when he was fourth in Sochi.
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