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With a long post on his Facebook page the 37 year-old veteran of the team of French gigantism Cyprien Richard has announced his retirement from & rsquo; activity & agrave; challenge.
Wednesday 9 March 2016 6 minutes reading time
& Ldquo; At 37 & egrave; It came time for me to anninciare my retirement from the sport - wrote Richard -. After 17 seasons as a member of the French national team and 30 lived to the rhythm of the ski races & egrave; time for me to look over. It is a difficult decision to make but I do it light-hearted and a whole body is full of emotions today. My passion for the sport that has given me so much and made me learn a lot remains intact. [& Hellip;] I have never cheated, I have always respected my opponents and I always went head-on and this & egrave; I want to remember today, and that makes me more & ugrave; proud. The results are essential in our world but the path to achieve them & egrave; much more & ugrave; important to me & rdquo ;. It follows a long series of thanks.
Born January 27, 1979 in Thonon-les-Bains and raised in Morzine, Rhone-Alpes region, Haute-Savoie department, Cyprien Richard made his debut in the World Cup December 17, 2000 in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re and has played a total of 83 races in the White Circus, almost only giants, but two super-G in 2008 and the parallel last December in Alta Badia. Because also of serious injuries he has really struggled to emerge, so that the first results of his 17 in the top 10 it only took the & rsquo; March 8, 2008 coming ninth in Kranjska Gora, in the same season and memorize options also for the first time in points with 24 & deg; place in Beaver Creek.
March 14, 2008 conquered memorize options the first of his four podium finishes in the Cup finishing third in Bormio, then he was third in Alta Badia 20 dicemnbre 2009, according always on the Gran Risa December 19, 2010 and, finally, the first ex-aequo with Aksel Lund Svindal Adelboden l & rsquo; 8 January 2011. That & egrave; It was his most & ugrave result; together with the prestigious & rsquo; silver the next 18 February conquered memorize options in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the second of three World Cup he played, quell & rsquo; winter was also third in the specialty & agrave Cup standings ;. He participated in the Olympics with no luck only once, in 2010, since & eacute; in February 2014 infortun memorize options badly on his left knee and not pot & eacute; argue the Sochi Games.
The recovery from that & rsquo; & egrave injury; was long but successful, so much & egrave; true that five days ended as it had begun its journey among the top ten of the Cup, with a ninth place in Kranjska Gora, his return to the top ten after nearly two and a half years. Unfortunately the next day did not finish the first run failing cos & igrave; qualifying for the finals in St. Moritz, so that will remain & agrave; his last race in the World Cup. European Cup & egrave; rose eight times on the podium, of course all in giant, on four occasions on most & ugrave step; higher between 2007 and 2015. He also won a race of the Nor-Am Cup, the North American Continental Cup, in 2009, and a giant national title in 2008. Behind him and all & rsquo; another veteran Thomas Fanara & egrave; He grew a French team of gigantism that currently can memorize options senz & rsquo; another defining pi & ugrave; strongest in the world.
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