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Swiss ski great Lara Gut-Behrami retires after one Olympic gold and two world titles
The Swiss ski star ends a career with 101 World Cup podiums and says recurring knee injuries made it time to stop.
- On Wednesday, Swiss ski star Lara Gut-Behrami announced her retirement, concluding a glittering career that brought Olympic gold and two overall World Cup triumphs.
- A serious knee injury suffered last November at Copper Mountain, Colorado, prevented the 35-year-old from competing in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
- Since her 2008 debut, Gut-Behrami reached 101 podiums in 395 World Cup races, amassing 48 victories, including 24 in the super-G discipline.
- The skier plans to move to England, where her husband, former Switzerland midfielder Valon Behrami, works in the front office at Watford.
- After nearly 20 years in elite sport, Gut-Behrami said she wants to avoid "recurring pain" and no longer needs to "exceed my limits at all costs.
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Swiss ski great Lara Gut-Behrami retires after one Olympic gold and two world titles
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion Lara Gut-Behrami announced her retirement from Alpine skiing on Thursday.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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