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Already from two signals that had arrived during the morning it was understood that Patrick Kueng announced the withdrawal from competitions at a press conference in Kitzbuehel this afternoon.
Wednesday 23 January 2019 3 minutes reading time
The two signals are these: the first is that a close confidant of Kueng told blick.ch before the press conference: "He no longer has the courage to go to the limit, he realized that with this uncertainty on paths like Kitzbuehel, it would only be more dangerous ". Therefore, the consequence can only be an immediate end of the competitive career. The second sign is a Swiss-Ski press release: "Almost four years ago, he was on top of the podium at Beaver Creek and took the downhill world title. We are talking about Glarner's thirty-five year old Patrick Kueng. After that, he lost a season due to a patellar tendon injury. The return did not succeed. Furthermore, an accident occurred during a downhill test on the Lauberhorn. Now Patrick Küng would like to invite you to a press conference today. "
Born on January 11, 1984, originally from the Canton of Glarus, Kueng has participated in 125 World Cup races debuting in Wengen, ranking nineteenth in the combined. He ranked in the top ten in 30 races, including five podiums, four downhill and one in super-G: two seconds and a third place and two victories in Beaver Creek and Wengen (on the halfway track) both in the 2013-2014 season. , his best (he was tenth in the general classification, fifth in the overall classification and third in the superG). He has participated in three editions of the World Championships, winning in Vail / Beaver Creek his most important laurels, gold downhill, arriving only 2 cents from the bronze, finishing fourth two years later in St. Moritz. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics it was fifteenth downhill and twelfth in super-G.
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