Goetschl ends season
ByReuters
Published 20/02/2006 at 17:34 GMT
Austria's Renate Goetschl called an immediate end to her season after finishing 26th in Monday's Olympic super-G race but promised to be back next season. The former World Cup champion and two-time Olympic medallist saw her hopes of winning an Olympic gold medal finally melt away in Monday's race.
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"I was losing time all the way from the top to the bottom," said Goetschl who has been struggling with a knee injury for most of this season.
"I am stopping for this season but I am not retiring yet. I will get some treatment and see how things go."
The 30-year-old, who finished Monday's race 2.36 seconds behind winning team mate Michaela Dorfmeister, had already said that these would be her last Winter Games.
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Dorfmeister also came into these Games as one of the top names in women's skiing yet to win a gold medal although she was able to neatly shrug off that tag by winning both the downhill title and Monday's super-G.
"That's life. What can I do? I tried and tried but it just wasn't possible," Goetschl said before leaving the finish area. "It would have been wonderful to get a gold but now Michi is double Olympic champion which is also wonderful. But what can I do?"
She will miss women's super-G World Cup races in Norway and Finland plus the finals in Are, Sweden from March 15-19.
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