The Fanchini sisters step off the ski stage

However, this news does not come as a surprise at all, as the two sisters from Brescia have not been active in the World Cup recently. Elena Fanchini was repeatedly set back by setbacks in her career. © Pentaphoto

Elena was diagnosed with a benign tumor in early 2018. After overcoming the illness, she returned to team training in November 2018. But during Super-G training in Copper Mountain (USA) she fell and suffered a broken fibula, a ligament injury in her left knee and a broken finger. So the eldest of the three Fanchini sisters never made it back to the top of the world.

One of the greatest successes in Elena's career was downhill silver at the 2005 World Championships in Bormio and Santa Caterina. The now 34-year-old also celebrated two World Cup victories, one of them in the downhill race in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 2. “I will never forget what I went through. There were also many beautiful moments, despite the many injuries and illness. But now it's time to draw a line in the sand, even if I would have preferred to end my career after one race," Elena is quoted as saying by the Italian Winter Sports Federation. Nadia Fanchini was at the top of the World Cup speed disciplines for a long time. © APA / EXPA/DOMINIK ANGERER

Her sister Nadia, who is one year younger, was also no longer there in the World Cup this year because she gave birth to her first child in December 2019. Just like Elena, Nadia has also celebrated two World Cup victories in her career. She celebrated the last one in February 2 in La Thuile. But Nadia was also there at major events and won World Championship silver in Schladming in 2016 and World Championship bronze in Val d'Isère in 2013. Both times, by the way, on the descent. “I have many beautiful memories in my heart. Maybe without all the injuries, me and Elena would have achieved even more. “But I’m looking forward to the new phase of my life, even though the situation in Italy and the world is currently difficult,” said little Alessandro’s mother.

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The Fanchini sisters step off the ski stage

Just a few weeks after Hanna Schnarf's resignation, the Italian women's ski team is losing two more well-known faces: Nadia and Elena Fanchini have announced their resignation.

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