Mauro Caviezel definitively raises the white flag: "My season ends here"

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Mauro Caviezel definitively raises the white flag: "My season ends here"

The Swiss, leader in super-g up to the injury in training in Garmisch, also tried to return to the cup in Saalbach, but the head trauma suffered in the fall two months ago advises him to stop a year that has begun with the first victory in the World Cup.

He had done everything to be in Cortina and, on that "Vertigo" in the crazy world super-g, he ended up having started without references with the first numbers. A little bit the symbol of the unfortunate second part of the season for Mauro Caviezel, who today announced the definitive stop for 2020/21, just under two months after that fatal fall, suffered last January 7 in a speed training in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The damage was to the left knee, but above all it is the severe head trauma that did not allow him to recover 100% to defend his leadership in the CdM of discipline, which he drove after winning his first race with that super debut. -g in Val d''Isère, and then aim for a world champion medal. "The problem in the head is not yet resolved, we probably still need some time", said the sprinter from Graubünden through the press office of Swiss-Ski, after taking part in the first test for the Saalbach descents on Wednesday. , finished in 29th place, and having given up today to start in second.
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