Croatian champion quits skiing

Janica Kostelić, one of the most successful women in the history of modern Alpine skiing, is ending her career.

Izvor: Reuters

Friday, 20.04.2007.

17:05

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Croatian champion quits skiing

The 25-year-old quadruple Olympic champion put her career on hold last year and missed the last season, training only sporadically.

She has, meanwhile, focused on her recently opened beauty parlour and tried to keep her private life and her budding love affair with a little-known Croatian away from the limelight.

"I'm not the type who seeks media attention and my life should be much more comfortable now," she said.

Kostelić has won nine gold medals from world championships and Olympic Games since 2002, despite undergoing knee surgery 10 times. A dysfunctional thyroid forced her to take a six-month break three years ago.

She has also collected three overall World Cup titles, including the 2005/06 season's when she won nine World Cup events across all five disciplines and amassed a record points total.

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