@Swede made mention of this in the Kitz thread.
ALS announced that he is retiring after the FIS WC's in Are, Sweden. Those start on 2/4. He hopes to race the SG and DH, or states that publicly. I would not be surprised if we see one slow "send off run" in Norwegian costume, as have become the norm for retiring skiers.
His knee is just "shot", can't race without pain and other complications. It's time. He also has, evidently a lot of plans and interests to really dig into full time, post retirement. He's quite involved in the finance/business world. New ventures, etc. He's a very bright guy.
Sad to see it, but it's time. Could have retired a while ago. Big, tough guy. Wish him the very best.
This may be an usually big year for retirements.
ALS announced that he is retiring after the FIS WC's in Are, Sweden. Those start on 2/4. He hopes to race the SG and DH, or states that publicly. I would not be surprised if we see one slow "send off run" in Norwegian costume, as have become the norm for retiring skiers.
His knee is just "shot", can't race without pain and other complications. It's time. He also has, evidently a lot of plans and interests to really dig into full time, post retirement. He's quite involved in the finance/business world. New ventures, etc. He's a very bright guy.
Sad to see it, but it's time. Could have retired a while ago. Big, tough guy. Wish him the very best.
This may be an usually big year for retirements.