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After that of Mario Matt the day today sees the & rsquo; announcement of a withdrawal in the women's weight although much lower than that of & rsquo; Austrian: & egrave; to Carolina Ruiz Castillo.
Thursday 12 March 2015 6 minutes reading time
The 33-year old Spanish disputer & agrave; Wednesdays & Igrave; next his 265th and final race of the World Cup in M ​​& eacute; ribel, the same resort & agrave; where two years ago took his success pi & ugrave; important, then appender & agrave; definitely skiing to the nail after the Spanish national championships, scheduled for March 29 to 31. Here's what Carolina wrote on his Facebook page: & ldquo; Hello my friends, & egrave; was a pleasure to share with you all these years, thanks to all for the unconditional support !! It & rsquo; time to say goodbye to the competition and start a new life equally or even more & ugrave; exciting !! I will miss you !! & rdquo;
Born October 14, 1981 in Osorno, Chile, resort & agrave; d & rsquo; origin of the mother, but moved with his family after three weeks in the Sierra Nevada resort & agrave; of Andalusia & nbsp; where & egrave; grown, Carolina Ruiz Castillo dispute the first FIS and the first Spanish championships in the 1996/1997 season, in the next one begins in the European Cup, an event in which he collects from 2000 to 2012 a second, three third places and a victory in the downhill in St. Moritz of 22 January 2012. It & rsquo; at the start of the four editions of the World Juniors and winning a medal in the last two, l & rsquo; silver in 2000 (behind Anja P & auml; Customizing) and the bronze in 2001 in giant, the specialty & agrave; in which & egrave; revealed, then progressively become a sprinter very fluently.
The debut in the World Cup arrives in the giant S & ouml; Sölden on 24 October 1998 its first placing in the top ten & egrave; also his first podium, won a little more & ugrave; 18 years in the giant of Sestriere & rsquo; March 11, 2000, when he was second only 7/100 the Swiss Sonja Nef, the dominator of the specialty & agrave; in those years. However pass pi & ugrave; seven and a half years to see her among the top ten Cup, seventh l & rsquo; December 8, 2007 in the descent of Aspen. and even almost thirteen years to see her on the podium, on which risalir & agrave; February 23, 2013 plus on the step pi & ugrave; high, because with the number 28, won a surprise descent of M & eacute; ribel. Yet l & rsquo; Andalusian in all these years did not suffer serious injuries except that stopped & ograve; before the 2003/2004 season, a fracture of the fibula and an ankle injury.
To M & eacute; sar ribel & agrave; also his last placement in the top three, while Quest & rsquo; year & egrave; ranked seventh in the downhill in St. Moritz, her 13 & deg; placing in the top ten in the World Cup, 8 down, 1 in 4 in super-G and giant (he was fourth in Cortina d & rsquo; Ampezzo January 20, 2013, his best year). He played well 9 editions of the World senior and his best result & egrave; was a ninth place in the super-G in St. Moritz in 2003. He participated in the last four editions of the Winter Games with two fifteenths places as best results, in the super-G in Salt Lake City in 2002 and in the descent of Vancouver 2010. Fifteen its absolute national titles , 8 in giant, six in super-G and one in slalom, downhill but simply because nobody & eacute; is not disputed. A girl always sunny and smiling despite the moments of great joy of his sporting career have been few. Good luck for your new life Carolina!
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