He withdraws the Swiss Marc Berthod

After 14 years of the Swiss Marc Berthod World Cup it has announced via a press release of Swiss Ski & nbsp; his decision to hang on a nail skiing.

Thursday 22 September 2016 6 minutes reading time

& Ldquo; It & rsquo; it's time for me to embark on a new path - says the 32 year-old St Moritz -. My mind and my body are tired because of the many years of activity & agrave; and especially because of injuries. I find it really hard to say goodbye to the competitions because & eacute; I have lived with absolute passion. But at the moment I see no possibility & agrave; to succeed as an athlete in my future. I consider this step not as a defeat but as a logical and natural consequence of my current physical condition. Skiing and White Circus will remain forever in my heart & rdquo ;. A decision really painful for Marc who renounces cos & igrave; the possibility & agrave; of trying to qualify for the World Cup which will be held next February in the resort & agrave ;, St. Moritz, where & egrave; born November 24, 1983 and where & egrave; She grew. You & egrave; highlighted at the World Juniors in 2002 to Sella Nevea winning l & rsquo; silver in slalom, l & rsquo; next year you better memorize options through the narrow doors by winning the & rsquo; gold, while bronze was downhill. His debut in the World Cup & egrave; dated January 4, 2003, in Kranjska Gora giant. His first placement among the top ten dates back & rsquo; January 11, 2005 when he was seventh in giant slalom in Adelboden. And Adelboden & egrave; the resort & agrave; that gave him the greatest joys competitive in the form of two wins in the World Cup. Little more & ugrave; than a month after finishing second in the combined in Beaver Creek, in the resort & agrave; dell & rsquo; Bernese Oberland January 7, 2007 was 27 & deg; after the first run with the number 60 and the second rimont memorize options amazingly up to get on the pi & ugrave step; top of the podium: a record retrieval for a winner in the World Cup. That day broke the fast of successes of male Switzerland that had lasted 103 races, while in the men's slalom at the Confederation had not won since 1999. Also in Adelboden January 5, 2008 he managed & igrave; to triumph even in giant. That was also his fifth and final podium in Cup but there & rsquo; & egrave; Also to be added bronze in combined at the World Championships & Aring; re in 2007, of course, his best result in six world championship editions in which he competed, while in two editions of the Winter Games, his best result & egrave; was the seventh in the combined in Turin 2006. After 2007-2008, its performance drops dramatically because of chronic back problems, then there's also accidents: the end of 2014 obtains the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral of with involvement of the meniscus in his left knee while training in the super-G in Santa Caterina. pi & ugrave stays put; than a year, back in the race on January 15 in Wengen combined not taking off in the slalom. It & rsquo; 173 and his last race in the World Cup, since & eacute; twelve days pi & ugrave; Later in Davos in Europe & egrave Cup; again fallen by getting the broken ribs, a shot in the lung area and a bone bruise on his knee. L & rsquo; do not & egrave; Berthod necessary but evidently understands that his career & egrave; at the terminus. Today & rsquo; s official announcement. Good luck for your life Marc!

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