Alpine skiing: Former slalom world champion Grange to retire

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Former slalom world champion Jean-Baptiste Grange will retire at the end of the season, the Frenchman said on Friday.

FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's Slalom - Crveni Spust, Zagreb, Croatia - January 6, 2019 France's Jean-Baptiste Grange in action REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic"After 17 years on the World Cup circuit, it is time for me to close this beautiful

chapter of my life and hang up my skis," Grange said in a statement on Facebook.He won the slalom world title in 2011 and 2015, also winning the slalom World Cup in 2009.The 36-year-old's best result this season is sixth place in the slalom in Madonna di Campiglio last December.

 

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