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Downhill skier Štuhec wraps up Olympic career with 22nd place

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Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia competes in women's downhill training at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre Skiing, Beijing municipality, China, 14 February 2022. (EPA-EFE/Guillaume Horcajuelo)

By: P.T., STA

Slovenia’s skier Ilka Štuhec underperformed in the women’s downhill at the Beijing Olympics due to back pain.

the two-time downhill world champion finished in 22nd place, three seconds behind the first-placed Corinne Suter of Switzerland. This was Štuhec’s last Olympic performance. Slovenian Maruša Ferk Saioni also competed in today’s downhill race to finish 23rd.

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