Resounding decision by Kristina Riis-Johannessen: the Norwegian slalomist retires once the season has begun

World champion with her teammates in the Cortina 2021 team event, she obtained a 7th place last March in Are, then the difficult start of the season between Lech and Levi. Today the announcement: "I want to face new challenges, I feel privileged to have lived the world of skiing".

Friday 26 November 2021 3 minutes reading time

A shock decision, which came after the season began after the races in Lech / Zuers (33rd in the Austrian parallel) and Levi, with two missed qualifications in the slalom last weekend. Kristina Riis-Johannessen's retirement from competitive skiing arrives like a bolt from the blue, a 30-year-old Norwegian slalomist who in the World Cup boasts a 7th place, just a few months ago in Are, as the best result of a career she has touched the highest point with the world title in the Cortina 2021 team event, won together with the teammates of a national team which, on the eve of the Killington races (now we understand his lack of inclusion in the team for the slalom on Sunday), greets a 'athlete certainly of excellent level, even if in the maximum circuit he has not always met expectations if we think that he had won the general classification of the European Cup in 2016/17, in front of people like Lysdahl and Pirovano (who were fourth that year) . The Are slalom will remain his only top ten in the 32 appearances in CdM. “I can't believe my skiing adventure is over - said Kristina on social media - It was a fantastic journey, fun, painful, all the emotions condensed into a career. It was a difficult decision to make, the reasons are many but now I have to take care of myself, facing new challenges for the future, which is uncertain but at the same time exciting. I will take with me all the lessons learned over the years, I am grateful to so many people and I can define myself as a privileged one for having lived the world of skiing ".

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