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The announcement of the South Tyrolean sprinter to her colleagues at sportnews.bz. For the 1996 class of Castelrotto many, too many injuries for a career that could have given her much more satisfaction in the CdM. The last ring last January with a 5th place in the European Cup.
Thursday 21 April 2022 3 minutes reading time
Another blue who has been a protagonist in recent years, albeit with a thousand stops due to physical problems, also at the World Cup level, leaves the white circus and the competitive spirit.
After Roberta Midali, it is the day of the announcement of the retirement of Verena Gasslitter; at just 25 years old, the girl from Castelrotto is forced to say enough, tormented by knee problems that began, in fact, with that terrible fall in the super-g of CdM in Lake Louise, December 2016 (the crusaders of the left knee jumped) , her fourth race in the maximum circuit and the first real season among the "big", after having impressed in the previous year in the European Cup, with five podiums and a victory from a very young age, she already bronze medal in super-g at the World Championships jr by Rosa Khutor (2016).
At “sportnews.bz”, Verena candidly explained that “the doctors advised me to leave, my knee just can't take it anymore. I couldn't help but notice it last season ”.
Equally serious was the injury remedied in Argentina, in training in autumn 2017, with a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula, but Gasslitter was really stoic to return to compete in the World Cup in January 2020, called up for the Altenmarkt descent. -Zauchensee, and a few days later seizing the first placement in the points, 30th in Bansko.
At the beginning of the following season, the second and last result in the 30, in 14 cup appearances, with the 28th place in the super-g of Val d''Isère, then again problems and the operation of February 2021 in Innsbruck . In the last year, the South Tyrolean downhill skier managed to be competitive again in the European Cup, up to 5th place in the first descent of Orcières-Merlette. It was one of his last races.
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