Two-time Olympic medallist Mowinckel to retire after the season

Third-placed Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel celebrates after the Giant Slalom event of the World Championship. Mowinckel will retire at the end of this season, the Norwegian said on Monday. Michael Kappeler/dpa

Two-time alpine skiing Olympic medallist Ragnhild Mowinckel will retire at the end of this season, the Norwegian said on Monday.

"It’s been a ‘one in a lifetime adventure,’ but every good thing must come to an end: 2023-2024 will be my final season as a ski racer," she said on Instagram.

Mowinckel has been competing at the World Cup for 12 years, with four wins to date. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, she won downhill and giant slalom silver.

Her most recent achievement was a giant slalom bronze medal at last year's world championship.

Mowinckel will compete on home soil in Kvitfjell at the weekend, before the final two events of the season in Are, Sweden and Saalbach, Austria.

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