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German ski racing star Hilde Gerg, who won the slalom gold mdeal at the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998, has retired following a serious knee injury during training at Copper Mountain, Colorado, last week.
"I am very frustrated but there is no point any more," Gerg told Bild daily.
Gerg was expected to be one of Germany's skiing medal hopes at the 2006 winter games in Turin, next February.
Reports from CNN ... Ski Racing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It makes you wonder how many ski racers get through their careers without serious injury. This is a summary of the casualty list so far this season...
Just last week our top junior girl in Les Arcs crashed out during downhill training up at Tignes, a badly fractured tibia. These guys just aren't paid enough, when you compare them to the likes of footballers!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Nah, footballers are ridiculously overpaid.
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Yes, but they have even higher medical expenses
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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george would have been fine if he'd been wearing a helmet
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Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
Nah, footballers are ridiculously overpaid. |
If you're in the, say, top thousand soccer stars worldwide, you would probably be earning anything from a million quid a year up, some on ten times that...
If you're no 93 worldwide in an alpine skiing discipline, you would probably be earning .... nowt.
Room for some movement, I reckon.
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CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
george would have been fine if he'd been wearing a helmet |
But taken off the beer goggles...
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CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
george would have been fine if he'd been wearing a helmet |
I think George's drinking helmet (shown in the link below) was one of the problems
Best's Drinking Hat
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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PG wrote: |
It makes you wonder how many ski racers get through their careers without serious injury. |
None
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