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It’s over, it’s over: after 11 years and 101 world cups, downhill skier Marc Gisin retires from ski racing. Dominique and Michelle’s brother Gisin draws a line on their comeback efforts.
We remember: In December 2018, Gisin fell so badly in Val Gardena with the camel hump that he suffered a traumatic brain injury, several broken bones and a compressed lung. He was in a coma several days later.
Gisin thought a lot
Although Gisin struggled to return to the ski slopes afterwards, he did not compete in a race again. The high-speed specialist still competed in training sessions at Lake Louise, Beaver Creek, Val Gardena, and Wengen, but he never topped 70th. Never mind. Because: They were steps on the way back to the top of the world.
But now Gisin has to admit: it is no longer possible.
That had been indicated. Just two weeks ago Gisin told VIEW: “For the start of the season in December, everything has to work as before my accident in Val Gardena. Otherwise, the question that will be asked very seriously is whether racing still makes sense to me. “
Twice fifth at the Streif
This is obviously not the case. Gisin reported that in summer training he repeatedly had situations where he felt his skis were too small. “There were also some situations where I was lucky enough to avoid a violent fall.”
Gisin celebrated his greatest successes in Kitzbühel. He finished fifth at the Streif in 2016 and 2018. This is exactly where he had a violent fall to the edge of the Hausberg in 2015. The diagnosis: head trauma and brain hemorrhage. Then Gisin struggled with insomnia for a long time.
Gisin zu BLICK: “I don’t have the feeling that I have been able to reach my full potential in my career. But there are athletes who, due to injuries, had to end their dream of a successful career long before I did. “
