Verena Stuffer says enough: "If I have reached something good up to here"

Tomorrow's Crans-Montana super-G will be the 148th and last World Cup race for Verena Stuffer, who after 15 years of Circo Rosa leaves the competition.

Friday 2 March 2018 3 minutes reading time

"Thinking back to the past 15 years, I would never have said that I have resisted so much - says the 33-year-old Gardena on physi.org - I am proud of myself, with very strong people like Vonn, Maze and Riesch, all of my age who wrote the history of skiing. "One chapter closes and another opens, I wanted to have some more satisfaction in my career, I have often found myself chasing, fighting, recovering from injury, but I think if I'm still here, then something good I 've combined it.The fourth place of Cortina four ago remains the best memory, allowed me to qualify for the Olympics in Sochi where I was aiming high, then the races did not go so well, but all the departures in Cortina have always given great emotion, also because sull'Olympia delle Tofane debut in the Cup in January 2003. The biggest regret was to never be on the podium, I went close to many evolved and even this year I was part with this goal, unfortunately in Lake Louise I injured my calf and it took me a long time to recover, so that I could not reach the Olympic qualification and even the finals of Ã…re. I think it is time to turn the page, it was not the victories that remained impressed, but I hope to leave a good memory anyway. Now I have the possibility to continue with the Carabinieri, we will see which doors will open, I would like to help the future of Italian skiing ". A portrait of the blue of the Carabinieri Sports Center will follow.

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