SKI CROSS:

Austrian ski cross champ Huttary retires

March 26, 2010 — The Canadian Press        

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VIENNA — Former ski cross world champion Karin Huttary of Austria has retired after having surgery on a knee she injured in a crash at a World Cup race in Switzerland.

Huttary said Friday in a statement released by the Austrian Ski Federation that she had "come to a point where health has become a main issue regarding my future life."

The 32-year-old Huttary was hurt in Grindelwald on March 12.

She won gold at the first ski cross World Championships in 2005 and silver four years later.

Huttary started her career as an alpine skier, but switched to ski cross in 2001. She finished fourth in last month's Olympic ski cross race and holds four World Cup titles.  SRC