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After the retirement of veteran Klaus Kroll the 'fast testing of Austria from next year will have to do without Georg Streitberger and Joachim Puchner who announced that it had put an end to their next career.
Monday 3 April 2017 4 minutes reading time
"It '' was an easier decision than expected" with these words Georg Streitberger in recent days began in its' farewell speech to the world of skiing. The original thirty-five of Salzburg has in fact made the decision to hang the skis to the proverbial nail after two seasons to say the least troubled.
Streitberger nell''ultimo period was in fact been forced to various operations for the numerous physical ailments largely related to the dramatic flight in free descent Kitzbuehel 2016 where reported the rupture of the cruciate ligament of the right knee. From that point on, the Georg career is effectively ended, as the Austrian downhill skier is no longer able to find the right feeling with the speed and skis, tant''è that last winter Streitberger took part in only evidence of folding the World Cup without much success in the European Cup circuit.
The lack of results has played a key role in putting an end to the career of thirty-five of Zell am See you in his 159 appearances in the World Cup has three wins in total, two in super-G and a downhill.
Puchner instead quest''oggi announced his retirement during a press conference which was attended by well Mirjam sister back from the second operation in the leg after the bad injury reported during the free of the world's first downhill training run of Sankt Moritz.
Mirjam despite dual broken leg has no intention of abandoning one's career, short indeed begin rehabilitation and is expected to return to ski in four / six months, "I hope to compete already in the next season," he explained to the media winner of the downhill of Sankt Moritz 2016.
As for Joachim however, the reasons for his retirement are linked all''infortunio knee two summers ago from which he has never recovered. The skier of Vöcklabruck in his career he took part in 100 tests of the World Cup taking three podium finishes, two in super-G and one in downhill.
Puchner said that now completely devote to higher education by enrolling at the Master's degree in business administration with a view to future employment in the world as some ski brand manager.
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