INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Ski leaping file-holder Gregor Schlierenzauer retired on Tuesday, completely a couple of months sooner than making an strive to compete at his fourth Olympics.
The 31-365 days-veteran Austrian, a two-time winner of both the general World Cup title and the prestigious Four Hills tournament, talked about he made his decision after having time to copy at some level of his newest injure.
“The earlier few months had been traumatic for me, but in a obvious system,” Schlierenzauer talked about in a assertion on his web home.
Schlierenzauer received a file 53 particular particular person events on the World Cup circuit but none in almost seven years. His profession used to be slowed by a series of knee accidents.
He received Olympic bronze medals in both particular particular person events on the 2010 Vancouver Video games and gold in the crew match. A crew silver followed on the 2014 Sochi Video games.
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