Marion Rolland Announces Retirement

The world champion in downhill of 2013 Marion Rolland took the decision to abandon the & rsquo; activity & agrave; racing after the & rsquo; yet another injury to his right knee in the super-G World Cup in Cortina d & rsquo; Ampezzo last January 19.

Tuesday 24 February 2015 7 minutes reading time

Marion, whose decision was widely in & rsquo; air, it will operate & agrave; in April the same knee that infortun & ograve; in September 2013 and that completely blew the Olympic season. Presenzier & agrave; but only as a spectator to the finals of the World Cup of M & eacute; ribel the next month and a week pi & ugrave; Later the national championships in Serre-Chevalier. "I could not stop the 'last year without trying to defend my title in February 2015, I had too many regrets for the rest of my life. Now I am calm in making the decision to terminate my career, I've had good times and taken setbacks. My world title is obviously my memory pi & ugrave; beautiful above all else. L & rsquo; immediate goal & egrave; that my knee heal properly, I have some ideas for the future which will be able & ograve; achieve if star & ograve; good physically. I want to be able to ski with my old and new friends in good conditions this winter. For my future I want but still nothing concrete & rdquo ;. Born October 17, 1982 in Saint-Martin-d & rsquo; H & egrave; res, department Is & egrave; re the Rhone-Alpes region, and a resident of Pallud, the same region but the Savoie region, grew strongly competitive in Les Deux Alpes, Marion Rolland dispute the first FIS in 1997 pi & ugrave; what else in slalom and giant but then quickly turns into a sprinter and it debuts in the European Cup super-G in Megeve of 16 December 1998, in the same locality & agrave; and specialty & agrave; will get & agrave; January 24, 2006 his only victory in the continental event, which boasts three other podiums. The best result at the World Juniors & egrave; the ninth-place finish in the super-G of Verbier of 7 February 2001, the & egrave; l & rsquo; unique youth World Championships in which it participates. The first of the 107 races of the World Cup dispute January 30, 2004 in the descent of Haus im Ennstal, February 26, 2005 & egrave; Twelfth in the descent of San Sicario, his first points finish. Since February of 2008, after he had to prematurely terminate the previous season for a fall in attempts to Altenmarkt Zauchensee, begins to fare pretty consistently among the top thirty, even if not yet among the top ten, and is convened for the World Championships in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re of 2009 where & egrave; fifth surprise in the descent of 9 February. Two and a half weeks pi & ugrave; Later came the first of supi 18 total top ten placings in the World Cup: & egrave; seventh and sixth in the two runs of Bansko. L & rsquo; following year in Haus im Ennstal close to the podium: & egrave; fifth and fourth in the two runs. Games Vancouver 2010 & egrave; between the outsider but three seconds of & rsquo; output by the pound falls awkwardly destroying the ligaments in his left knee. For two years does not square pi & ugrave; among the top five, he succeeds in Sochi February 18, 2012 when & egrave; fifth downhill. Then, on 14 and 15 March, there's his only two podium finishes in the Cup: & egrave; second in downhill and super-G in third in the finals of HG Preworlds Schladming. L & rsquo; & egrave following winter; decent but not outstanding but the World Cup is, in fact, in Schladming and with the number 22 Marion insult Nadia Fanchini, someone gave gi & agrave; for winning, and you put the & rsquo; world gold around his neck, his only victory in races tier. But bad luck, that for a moment l & rsquo; he had left in peace, back to haunt her: in a workout in Chile in the mid & agrave; September 2013 the jump ligaments in his right knee that had already & agrave; injured twice. Nothing Sochi Olympics then, the transalpine works to return this season and to be present at Vail / Beaver Creek to defend the world title. In nine Cup races & egrave; 8 times in the points, then the fall in the super-G in Cortina that also denies the defense of & rsquo; iris and pushes it to the final withdrawal. Good luck for your life Marion! Source: http://www.ledauphine.com/skichrono/2015/02/24/marion-rolland-annonce-la-fin-de-sa-carriere-xebu

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