![]() Skiiers reportedly interested in a professional ski circuit include U.S. He pushed the margin of risk so far that nobody could beat him.'Įarlier this week Lang confirmed that Klammer and other skiiers have been discussing the possibility of forming a professional downhill circuit financed by American business interests. He changed the nature of downhill racing. Serge Lang, founder and president of the World Cup, called Klammer 'the most brilliant figure we ever had in the World Cup. It's sad to see him go because he really brought something to the circuit.' He is unquestionably the greatest downhill racer ever. 'But he had a lot of trouble this winter with results and it's not too hard to stop when you're having bad results.'Ĭanada's Ken Read, former downhill great who is now a broadcaster and member of the International Olympic Committee Athletes Advisory Committee said: 'It's the end of a brilliant career. 'Of course, he's the top,' said Switzerland's Peter Mueller, one of Klammer's top competitors during the late 1970s. Many of Klammer's former competitors on the World Cup circuit, who currently are at Panorama Mountain, British Columbia for Saturday's final downhill event of the season, priased the retiring hero. I still remember the feeling when I won the gold medal in the Olympics in Innsbruck (Austria,1976).' 'My most important memory was my first World Cup in 1973. In announcing his retirement from the amateur ranks, Klammer said skiing 'has always been a part of my life since I was three years old.
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