Steamboat Springs ski racer Caroline Lalive has decided to retire after more than a decade on the U.S. Ski Team. A four-event racer, Lalive scored five World Cup podiums, including two second-place finishes in downhill.
Lalive, 29, competed in two Olympics (1998, 2002) and made a third team in 2006 but fractured her left knee the day she was named to the team.
A series of injuries followed that mishap, and she paid her own way on the World Cup this past winter after being dropped from the team a year ago.
“I always thought I would retire once I was ‘over it,’ ” Lalive said. “Sadly, I think my body is making the decision for me, so I’m in the process of figuring out where to go from here.
“It’s both exciting and scary.”
John Meyer, The Denver Post
