A sad retirement from skiing: “I’m very afraid”

From the lines that the French downhill skier Victor Schuller wrote down in his social media profile, it becomes clear: This is a passionate skier, an athlete who is passionate about his sport - and for whom the decision to end his career was very difficult.

Even though the Alsatian didn't make a breakthrough in the World Cup (he never made it into the points in 24 races), he can still boast some successes in the second-class European Cup. Schuller not only won four races, but also the downhill ranking in the 2020/21 season. However, he was repeatedly plagued by injuries: the knee, the shoulder, the hand – the skier's medical file is long. That is also the reason why the final line is now coming. “Alpine skiing at a high level leaves little room for doubt and the incessant fear of injury.” Victor Schuller “I'm very afraid of getting injured again,” he says in an interview The Dauphine and added in an emotional post on social media: “Injuries have not spared me for three seasons, the injury in Bormio (broken hand, editor's note) this season was one too many. Alpine skiing at a high level leaves little room for doubt and the incessant fear of injury.”

The heart wants, the head doesn't The decision to end his career was not an easy one for Schuller, who won downhill bronze at the 2016 Junior World Championships. “The heart wants and will always want, but the head no longer follows. I've tried everything to come back, but today the level I'm aiming for seems further away than ever and I don't feel ready to accept all the rules of the game."

Looking back on his career, he says the following: “Of course I would have dreamed of being part of the world elite, but in this sport you can't control everything. When I look at where I come from, the path I have taken and the challenges I have overcome, a smile appears on my face and my heart fills with pride." Emotional, this end to Victor Schuller's career.

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A sad retirement from skiing: “I’m very afraid”

When a skier retires, it can sometimes become emotional. This is what happened to a downhill skier who ended his career at the tender age of 28.

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