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Our correspondent Massimiliano Valle, has collected for us the statements of Armin Zöggeler that quest''oggi during a press conference he announced his retirement.
Tuesday 14 October 2014 2 minutes reading time
"You can imagine the reason for this meeting - began the champion of Foiana - I took this decision after the Olympic Games but I also wanted to take a few months of reflection to think about it. E '' time to finish my career as an athlete professional and I think this is the right time to do it. want to thank everyone: family, coaches, Fisi, the cones and even you journalists. A special thanks goes to the Sporting Group of the Carabinieri. "
Subsequently, spurred by questions from reporters Zöggeler admitted he had gi & agrave; in the past, thoughts of retirement, "Two years ago I had already & agrave; thought about quitting for back pain that made me jump the world's Whistler".
Speaking of his illustrious career the "Cannibal" he said, "The Opening Ceremony of Sochi the 'I saw her at home with the family and & egrave; was very exciting even though the moment pi & ugrave; nice career remain the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics . "
Finally Zöggeler explained that not forsake & agrave; completely the world of sledding, "Now I'll take care & ograve; research and development of materials together with the cones, the Ferrari and Fisi. Our teams have all of the young people very interesting."
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