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The Liechtenstein champion, who retired from the activity at the end of the season, went to confession during a live social media at the Colmar home.
Monday 27 April 2020 4 minutes reading time
Put an afternoon with Paolo De Chiesa, landlord and testimonial of the well-known sportswear company for years, and Tina Weirather, one of the best sprinters of the last decade who, on March 25, greeted the white circus at just 30 years.
The result will be a very pleasant chat, starting from the memories of a unique family like that of Tina, heir to two champions who were Hanni Wenzel and Harti Weirather. "We have a record of medals and victories by population," smiled the two-time super-g World Cup winner, recalling with De Chiesa other champions from Liechtenstein such as Andreas Wenzel, Paul and Willi Frommelt, up to Marco Buechel who preceded Tina herself.
“My retreat? I wanted to wait until the end of the season to understand what motivations could have allowed me to continue - the words of Weirather - With the cancellation of the last races I decided before, but without regrets. It was the right time to think about my health after the many problems I had in my career. "
The last season was the most difficult: "It was perhaps the only one of my path in the World Cup where I felt I had not been able to give my best, I would have liked to have closed better. In Garmisch, when I decided not to go downhill, I felt that after the many injuries remedied, my career would have been in jeopardy again if I had started that day. I am happy to have learned to listen also to negative feelings, it has not always been so for me; it was a very difficult decision, also because I was expected on arrival by my sponsor and by the many guests present, but I had to do it ".
Seven knee operations, including the one that prevented her from participating in the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, when she flew and was also in the running for the general World Cup. Still, Tina never gave up: “On second thought, I find it almost impossible to have achieved so much, there have been tremendous days in my life. Dreams and goals, however, gave me the strength to go on ".
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