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At the age of 28, the announcement of the farewell to competition: the hip problems, after the operation in 2019, have never been definitively resolved. "Impossible to train at the levels that this sport needs".
Tuesday 6 April 2021 2 minutes reading time
A couple of days after Eva-Maria Brem, the Women's World Cup greets another athlete who has raced for many years in the top circuit. In the 2021/22 season we will no longer see Michaela Wenig at the starting gate, German sprinter born in 1992 with 81 tokens in the CdM and a 5th place as best result (only top ten), in the recovery descent on the Saslong, in Val Gardena, in December 2018 with Ilka Stuhec who won in front of Nicol Delago. That was the best season for Wenig, then 12th in the world descent of Are, but in the following spring his career changed, with a hip operation and a competitiveness never found again in the following two years. .
The last race last January 9 in the St. Anton downhill, not finished as well as that of the following week in the European Cup in Crans-Montana. "Unfortunately, my hip problems are still too limiting - Michaela's words announcing the farewell to competition - I cannot therefore train the volume necessary to compete and my goal to perform at pre-level levels." injury is no longer reachable.
I am looking forward to taking on new challenges in my professional future. Sport will certainly always remain a part of my life ”.
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