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It & rsquo; came completely unexpected news of the retirement of 25-year old Swede Calle Lindh, one of the young emerging slalom and, to a lesser extent, the giant of the World Cup.
Friday 5 June 2015 4 minutes reading time
In a statement from the Swedish federsci Lindh does not want to know more & ugrave; continue to be a skier to another level and to undergo the sacrifices that entails. He baffled his coach Tomas Sj & ouml; din, who knows him since he was a junior and you & egrave; conviction that Calle could have won the World Cup both in slalom is in Giant To fully understand this decision surprising, for & ograve ;, we must remember that 6 February 2013, the giant European Cup in Les Menuires, Lindh fell and broke his right leg and knee ligaments, but the worst & egrave; in the subsequent operation a nerve was severed compromettendogli full functionality & agrave; the right foot. The Swede had to cos & Igrave; skip the & rsquo; entire season 2013-2014 & nbsp; nevertheless succeeded & Igrave; to go skiing & Outdoors; beginning of last winter.
Born March 10, 1990 a & Öland; stersund, the home of the Swedish biathlon, Calle Lindh made his debut in the European Cup in December 2008 and two months later, on 1 & deg; in February 2009, it faces in the World Cup slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Before & rsquo; injury that we have told, in the European Cup in the 2012-2013 season finished second and third in the two giants of Levi slalom and second in one of Chamonix, while the World Cup is not concluded even one of the 17 races held between 2009 and 2013. At the 2011 Universiade in Turkey & egrave; second in super-G and third in slalom.
As mentioned, all & rsquo; start of last season and immediately goes back to the races for the first time in the points closing fourteenth giant opening of S & ouml; Sölden, then finir & agrave; in the first thirty of a slalom five times earning the World Cup qualifiers in Vail / Beaver Creek and the finals of specialty & agrave; M & eacute; ribel thanks to sixth place (with recovery from the twenty-ninth of the first run!) on the slopes of home & Aring; re, and Levi, finished second in the slalom in Levi. A M & eacute; ribel, its at this point last race of the World Cup ends thirteenth, finally, the second place in the slalom championships Swedish Sundsvall. Had been added to the group World Cup Team Swedish and nothing could portend that after his best season he would retire. Sweden loses cos & Igrave; one of his best young talent.
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http://www.skidor.com/Grenar/Alpint/Nyheter/AktuelltAlpint/2015/CalleLindhlaggerskidornapahyllan/
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