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Another important competitive dall''attività retreat for team Suomi downhill after that earlier in the season the young slalom Paloniemi.
Saturday 1 April 2017 3 minutes reading time
The Finnish slalom skier Merle Soppela announced the decision to end his racing activities dieting the continuing problems at the time worked previously battered knee.
For the 25-year old from Rovaniemi after a good junior career and he achieved his personal best at the World Championships in Vail - Beaver Creek in 2015 with the 21 th place in slalom, they have then begun the endless problems that have quite limited competitions and performances in the World Cup .
After a serious accident in October 2015 with ligament and meniscus, the Finn was again seriously injured during the 2016 pre-season knee.
Back in business right in time for the recent World Championships in St. Moritz, in which though Merle could not do better than the 35th place in slalom.
So '' the slolomgigantista finnnica commented his decision: "After a long and severe consideration I have decided to end my career. Alpine skiing and I '' very expensive as well as all the years of activity spent in the circus Cup World. all my life I've spent every day concentrated in skiing, and I would not change any moment of every day happy that I spent set within the competitions. But I must admit that with my knees I can not stand the pace of training at full intensity as alpine skiing world class customers demand. "
Soppela also stated that the 'now on his life contrentrerà entirely in the study, attending the' University of Lapland in Rovaniemi native.
For the Finnish alpine skiing already '' all''osso reduced with the recent withdrawal of the promising Santeri Paloniemi, numerous physical problems experienced by Andreas Romar and Marcus Sandell and this '' un''ulteriore bad news in a year to forget.
The only light to aim for a future that knows how to revive the glory of the duo Palander / Poutiainen and '' remained the 18-year-Riikka Honkanen, junior silver last year in Kranjska Gora slalom.
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