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After lotte smiseth sejersted sltre two athletes retire from Circus Rose: This is the 32 year-old Swiss Fabienne Suter and 30 year old (a little over a month) US Leanne Smith.
Saturday 22 April 2017 6 minutes reading time
"I have great memories of every moment of my career but if I had to choose the best moment was the Olympics. They are the best for each athlete. Winning a medal would have been amazing but just be there and represent the United States with thousands of other athletes from around the world is something special, "said Leanne on fis-ski.com then thanked on Facebook family, friends and all those who have supported in ten years of high-level career, now will coach the team Use speed.
"Suddenly you realize that it's time to start something new. Although these 15 years in the Cup have not always been easy, I carry with me many positive memories, emotions and beautiful people in this new chapter of my life, "said Fabienne always on the FIS website.
Both of these athletes are best expressed in the speed events, although Suter as a young girl was very strong in the giant, and they were just like Sejersted, massacred by species injuries in recent years, particularly Smith has completely missed the season's Cup World 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 coming back in the winter just ended but through service, while the last intervention suffered by Fabienne is dated December 2016, arthroscopic meniscus in his right knee.
Born on January 5, 1985, from the canton of Schwyz, Fabienne Suter made his debut in the World Cup on 12 December 2002 in the giant Val d'Isere. He racked up 20 podiums, the first February 10, 2008 when he won the first of his four races of the World Cup, the super-G in Sestriere. He won two more times in super-G, the latest in Bad Kleinkirchheim in 2012, and a downhill, in Bansko in 2009. It 'was third in the super-G cup in 2008 and 2009 and second in the downhill in 2016 while its best placements in general were the seventh place in 2009 and 2010. It 'was second overall and in that of the European Cup in 2003 by winning the giant three times between the doors and added a fourth victory in this event in 2008. he participated in seven editions of the World Cup, jumping than in 2005, managed to finish seventh in the downhill last February in St. Moritz in the home World Cup in which was present in less than two months after surgery on the meniscus, it was fifth in the super-G in 2013. in two Olympic participation was fifth downhill in 2010 and fourth in 2014 and even in giant edition of Vancouver. His last podium finish was second place in the downhill at St. Moritz end of 2016, his 204th and final race of the World Cup super-G of Jeongseon last March 5.
Born May 28, 1987, originally from New Hampshire, Leanne Smith made his debut in the World Cup on December 1, 2007 downhill in Lake Louise, in the previous season was highlighted by winning the general classification and that of the super-G of the Nor-Am Cup, the North American circuit where he won two super-G and downhill also won the European Cup, in Caspoggio in 2010. in the World Cup his best season was 2012-2013 which has been on the podium twice, both downhill, finishing second and third in Val d'Isere in Cortina d'Ampezzo, just the location where last January 29 has played his 110th and final race in the Circus Rosa, the super-G sull'Olympia Tofane. He participated in the World Cup in 2011 and 2013 and his best result was a twelfth place down four years ago, while both the 2010 Olympics than to those of 2014 has always been the eighteenth in super-G. A big good luck to these two girls for their new life without the races.
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