After horror fall at the Olympics: Schairer ends his career

The man from Vorarlberg suffered a fractured cervical vertebra in the terrible accident in Bokwang last February, which fortunately did not result in any permanent damage.

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Immediately after Schairer's return from Pyeongchang, the broken fifth cervical vertebra was stabilized with a plate during an operation at the LKH Feldkirch. Schairer then started training again. “The three-month healing process after the operation went very well. But as the training load increased, I realized that recovery was taking much more time than before the fall. Even though it is extremely difficult for me, I have to accept that the time has come to end my career,” explained Schairer on Friday.

The Vorarlberg native had been one of the absolute world elite in snowboard cross for over a decade. In 2008/09, the Montafon native won the SBX overall World Cup and also raced to World Cup gold in Gangwon (KOR) in the same season. In January 2013 he won his second World Championship medal with silver in Stoneham, Canada. In addition, Schairer has four individual victories in the World Cup, a triumph in the team together with his Vorarlberg compatriot Alessandro Hämmerle and twelve other podium places (8 in the individual, 4 in the team).

Of course, saying goodbye hurts, admitted Schairer. “It obviously hurts that the injury in Pyeongchang took me so abruptly away from the snowboard cross circus. On the other hand, I now have more time to look after my two wives at home, and I’m really looking forward to that,” added Schairer, who is the father of a one-year-old daughter.

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After horror fall at the Olympics: Schairer ends his career

A little more than seven months after his serious fall at the Olympic Games in South Korea, snowboard crosser Markus Schairer has announced his retirement from active sport.

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