Aug 5 (Reuters) - Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami has announced her retirement,- ending her decorated career after a training crash last year ruled her out of this year's Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
The 35-year-old from Ticino said that despite suffering many injuries she was ending her career free of any lasting pain.
“I have been fortunate and honoured to experience a very long career, to be able to express my dreams and wishes through skiing, and to experience this journey alongside exceptional people,” Gut-Behrami said in a video message broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF on Wednesday.
"This is also why I know the time is right: the time to stop pushing to reach and surpass limits at any cost, and to stop subjecting my body to such intense demands and strain."
Gut-Behrami's list of achievements includes Olympic super-G gold and giant slalom bronze at Beijing 2022, adding to the downhill bronze she won at Sochi in 2014. She claimed 48 World Cup victories across three disciplines.
(Reporting by Dave Graham and Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
