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After spending a sabbatical season due to depression, three months ago Kajsa Kling had deluded enthusiasts and her admirers to be ready to return to the races. Unfortunately, with an open letter to the Swedish federsci, he announced his definitive withdrawal from competitions.
Monday 6 August 2018 7 minutes reading time
"I made the decision to end my skiing career - writes Kajsa, who will turn 30 next Christmas Day - I did it with mixed feelings but my heart tells me it's that. back for a while and I'm happy to finally come to a decision, I'm really proud of what I've achieved in my career and I will be forever grateful to all the people who have been there for me and in case of failure That would have been possible without them.I've been part of the Swedish national team for a decade, I pushed and worked as hard as possible with the cards that were handed out to me, during which time I had the privilege of meeting many extraordinary people and together we have created memories of a lifetime.It's something I will always enjoy.I will look back on my career as a skier as a moment of joy and happiness an that if the last two years have drained me more energy than I actually gave. 2017 was the most difficult year of my life. I had pushed myself over the edge and needed to give myself time to recover. For some time I have felt healed and my body has responded to training in the way I wanted, but the motivation to continue being an athlete is not what I expected. I can say that I am finishing my career in a way that I have never anticipated, but since everything is exactly as you expect it? I love this sport. I've always loved it. For a while 'I thought I did not love him anymore, but I understood that my love for skiing has simply changed. I can not wait to see other aspects of this sport. Being able to return something and be part of it, but in a different way than before. What my future will bring and which part I will take on in skiing is totally uncertain and it seems to me to be liberating, but I know that in one way or another I will stay in the circuit. I would need a lifetime to say thank you to all of you who have supported me throughout my years as an athlete. For all of you who believed in me. Especially in times when I did not believe anything. From the bottom of my heart. Thank you. I'll see you".
Born December 25, 1988 in Ã…re, Kajsa Kling played 175 World Cup races, the first was the descent of Altenmarkt-Zauchensee on January 13, 2007, the last the pre-Olympic superG of Jeongseon on March 5, 2017 after which it's definitely stopped in the pits. It is ranked 31 times in the top ten, the first with the eighth post in the descent of Lake Louise, the last with sixth place in the super-G of Crans-Montana February 25, 2017. Of these 31 placings, two were podiums: was second in the super-G in St. Moritz on December 14, 2013 (with the number 44!) and third in the descent of Lake Louise on December 2, 2016. His best result in the overall final standings was the fifteenth in 2014, in the same year was eighth in that of superG. No medal for her in two editions of the Olympic Games (2010 and 2014) and in three of the World Championships (2007, 2015 and 2017): she was eighth in super-G in the world championship of Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 and eighteenth in giant in the Olympic one Sochi 2014. In the European Cup won two 24-hour descents in Tarvisio in 2010, winning another four podiums between that year and 2013, again in 2010 was third in the continental descent classification. Finally, it has won eleven absolute national titles: two downhill (2009 and 2014), four in super-G (2009, 2010, 2014 and 2016), three in giant (2009, 2010 and 2016), two in combined (2008 and 2016) ) and one in parallel (2009). Like many others, a serious injury was not missed: in 2010 the 2010 Semmering giant destroyed the ligaments of both knees and this delayed its climb to the highest levels by a few years. In his open letter he does not mention it but the Scandinavian must feel a deep regret for the voluntary renunciation of trying to qualify for the World Championships next February which will be practically played on the door of his home in Ã…re. Now that he has decided to say definitively enough with the races, we wish Kajsa wholeheartedly that his desire to remain in the Circus Rosa environment can be fulfilled.
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