Former Austrian ski star Matthias Mayer now retires. The “last will and the last determination” were missing, he has the ÖSV coach aligned.
The three-time Olympic champion Matthias Mayer wanted to do it like Marcel Hirscher and Lindsey Vonn-now he has blown his comeback into the ski alpine circus.
The Austrian Ski Association announced at the Ski World Cup in KVITFJELL that Mayer will remain in the scot despite the far-speaking return considerations: he could not feel “the last will and the last determination”, reported ÖSV coach Marko Pfeifer on ORF .
Return from Mayer in Val Gardena
Mayer “thought very well,” said Pfeifer, revealed: “In December, he brought us in Val Gardena. We went through some scenarios. He then trained a lot of fitness and also with the team and did a lot. We always said, take your time to carefully think about it. “
Now Mayer has given the association a basket: “He noticed for himself that the last fire is not there for the effort he would have to do,” said Pfeifer.
During his career, Mayer won three gold medals in the departure and Super-G and eleven World Cup races, and is the most successful Austrian alpine ski athlete at the Olympics. In Bormio, he surprisingly announced his career-off at the 2022 Ski World Cup.