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The Swedish gigantist announces his retirement at 31, after a difficult season with few motivations. His only victory in the parallel giant over the Gran Risa ...
Saturday 14 March 2020 2 minutes reading time
After Fritz Dopfer and compatriot Andrè Myhrer, who had already communicated his intentions a few weeks ahead of the natural end of the season, today he announced his retirement from the competition Matts Olsson.
The Swedish gigantist leaves at 31, with the reasons now falling as he revealed 12 months ago, when the withdrawal had already been one step away; in the palmares of the Karlstad native, who wore 114 bibs in the World Cup, one victory in the maximum circuit, in that "famous" parallel giant of 18 December 2017 in Alta Badia, when he first adjusted Marcel Hirscher in the semifinal and then Henrik Kristoffersen in the final, but also three more podiums and a consistency of high level in that period for him in gold, before the drop and a last season far from his standards.
In this World Cup, in fact, Olsson (bronze world champion in the team event of the Garmisch World Cup 2011) collected only the 11th place of Adelboden as the best result, closing with the Hinterstoder giant of last March 2, placing 19 °. “I would have liked to say goodbye to Kranjska Gora, but it was not possible and it was right - commented the Swede - Maybe I didn't achieve all my goals, but several of them did. It was fun, happy greeting. "
Good new life, Matts.
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