Die mehrfache DH World Cup-Siegerin und Weltmeisterin Sabrina Jonnier hat verkündet, bis zum Ende der Saison ihre aktive Karriere als World Cup-Downhillerin zu beenden.
Ihr heftiger Crash beim World Cup-Rennen in Pietermaritzburg/Südafrika, der sie mehrere Wochen lang ans Bett fesselte, war einer der ausschlaggebenden Punkte: „When I came back from America I spoke with my mum, my close friends and family and made the decision to retire at the end of the year, […] I am 31 next month and I have been racing for 25 years now,“ so Jonnier.
Sabrina Jonnier
Die vollständige Presse-Mitteilung:
Multi-World Cup and Multi-World Downhill Champion, Sabrina Jonnier, has announced that she will retire from World Cup downhill racing at the end of the season.
One of the winningest female riders in the history of the sport, Jonnier made the announcement after finishing fifth at the 2012 French National Championship held at Les Gets, France, at the weekend – the same hill where she raced her first-ever Downhill World Cup in 1996. If she is selected on the French team Jonnier’s last elite race will be the 2012 World Downhill Championships to be held in Leogang, Austria, at the start of September.
„When I came back from America I spoke with my mum, my close friends and family and made the decision to retire at the end of the year,“ explains Jonnier. „I am 31 next month and I have been racing for 25 years now.“ Jonnier sustained a serious injury when she hit a tree in South Africa in March at the opening round of the season. The injury to her lower back left her bed-ridden for two months. She surprised everyone that she was even able to return to World Cup racing. „I think this crash in South Africa was too much. It helped me to realise that I still have a life to live and I don’t want to take the risk and possibly hurt myself again.“
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