ALPINE SKIING: Switzerland's Gut-Behrami to retire after decorated career

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/Reuters