Withdrawals of the last days in alpine skiing. Reinfried Herbst instead continues to un''altra season

The 36-year old Austrian slalom skier Reinfried Herbst announced that disputer & agrave; next season's World Cup.

Wednesday 8 April 2015 4 minutes reading time

& Ldquo; After long discussions with my family, my doctor, my physiotherapist, I have made this decision. The knee pain in & rsquo; last season were strong, even in virt & ugrave; the nine steps of the past, but skiing amuses me too to hang gi & agrave; Now the nail - Herbst says in a statement -. Sar & agrave; my last season and potr & ograve; begin it without pressure. Herbst & egrave; was the second Austrian slalom skier behind Marcel Hirscher between narrow doors closing in 22nd position. Pure slalom in his career he won the & rsquo; Olympic silver in 2006, 9 races of the World Cup with seven other podiums and ranking specialty & agrave; in 2010. Apart from the gi & agrave; retired Mario Matt, Herbst & egrave; the first of the many veterans and veterans of the World Cup to unveil his immediate future. If Herbst continues, there are many athletes who announced his retirement in recent days. For example, the 29 year-old Hayley slalom US Duke, returned to compete in the season just ended after defeating cancer & Outdoors; pituitary, for which & egrave; was made in 2013. In 45 races of the World Cup, his best result & egrave; was l & rsquo; eighth place in the slalom in Semmering on 29 December 2008. Two dropouts in the Czech Republic: the 30 year old Filip Trejbal, slalom with a few forays into the combined, which in 94 races World Cup boasts two fourteenths places in slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2008 and dell & rsquo; Alta Badia in 2009, and 32 nordic combined Martin Vr & aacute; bl & iacute; k, three times twenty-third between 2008 and 2014 in the race multiple alpine skiing but the Olympic Games in Torino 2006 & egrave; was even twelfth. Also leaves the British Douglas Crawford, best known for being the husband of London Chemmy Alcott, who retired a year ago. The 28 year old Scottish Glasgow non & egrave; never entered into the points in 20 races of the World Cup, the World Cup instead of 2009 was the twenty-first downhill. Finally, just says the 25 year old Norwegian Truls Johansen, whose best result in 21 races of the World Cup & egrave; ninth place in the City Event in Moscow on 29 January 2013. We wish all these athletes who leave the White Circus all the best for their future. Sources: http://skionline.ch/de/Startseite/Newsmeldung?newsid=654&teaserId=8 http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=retirement-season-continues.html

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