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A few months from beginning of next season, comes the news of a surprise withdrawal from the race of Marion Thees. & Nbsp;
Tuesday 30 September 2014 4 minutes reading time
The skelettonista German used the personal page Facebook to announce to the public its decision, "I & egrave; been easy to make this decision, but from here on out my role in the world of skeleton will change & agrave ;. Follow-& ograve; athletes in the role of coach and give & ograve; my contribution in growing the movement. "
He stops cos & igrave; just trent''anni a career short but full of great satisfaction. Marion Thees (Trott maiden) In fact, in just seven seasons in the maximum circuit skeleton World has won 2 Crystal Balls (2008-2009 and 2012-2013) and two consecutive world titles (Lake Placid Koenigssee 2009 and 2011), becoming the first woman in the history of this discipline to be confirmed world champion.
The 'one big regret for the' athlete originally from Eisenach in Thuringia, concerns the Olympic Games. In his only two experiences in five circles, the 'former Miss Trott & egrave not; never went beyond the 'eighth-place result in the absence of the' appointment with the Olympic medal. & nbsp;
Last season, Marion had collected only the results of reinforcement, paying a big overcooked in the boost phase, the result of an incorrect pre-season. A handicap that of the departure that & egrave; result insurmountable especially in the modern skeleton, where now the basic thrust has played a decisive role in the chronometric performance of athletes. However, no one would have expected the withdrawal of German.
Sale cos & igrave; share to three the number of dropouts in the illustrious world of female skeleton. Before Thees had announced their decision to hang the skeleton to nail the Canadian Mellisa Hollingsworth and the vice-Olympic champion Noelle Pikus-Pace. The 'absence of these three athletes who have won a total of five of the last ten editions of the World Cup, to which is added the stop for pregnant Shelley Rudman, abbasser & agrave; considerably the technical level of discipline but at the same time give & agrave; room for a new generation that will have skelettoniste & agrave; woman as reference the 'English Yarnold.
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