Hermann Maier retires
Just a week before the start of the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season, one of the greatest legends of the sport surprisingly announced his decision to retire. Double Olympic champion Hermann Maier, 37 in December, announced the end of his illustrious career in Vienna on Tuesday 13th October.
Maier, a four-time overall World Cup champion and a winner of 54 FIS World Cup competitions since February 1997, had returned to training on the glacier above Soelden last week and indicated he would return to racing at the end of November at Lake Louise, in time for the first speed events of the new season.
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