Alpine skiing Olympic champion Gisin announces retirement

FILE PHOTO - Gold medallist Michelle Gisin of Team Switzerland poses during the Women's Alpine Combined medal ceremony at National Alpine Ski Centre on Day Thirteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. (is associated with: «Alpine skiing Olympic champion Gisin announces retirement») Michael Kappeler/dpaTwo-time alpine skiing Olympic champions Michelle Gisin has ended her professional career, she announced on Tuesday.The Swiss hasn't competed since she suffered a heavy training crash last December on home soil in St Moritz. She suffered wrist and knee injuries and had to undergo multiple surgeries."It was a long process that took place alongside my rehabilitation, but also in the years leading up to it," Gisin said in a statement released by the Swiss ski federation.She added she is now “very happy” with her decision and is looking forward to the future.Gisin won alpine combined Olympic gold in 2018 and 2022, when she also won super-G bronze.