Swiss star Ariella Kaeslin (Käslin) announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics Monday at a press conference, just 12 months before what would have been her second Olympic Games. …
Kaeslin leaves the Swiss women’s team far stronger than she found it. During an international career that lasted more than a decade, Kaeslin set a stupendous number of firsts for Swiss gymnastics. She was the first Swiss gymnast to win an all-around medal at the European Championships (bronze in 2009), the first to win a European title (vault, 2009) and the first to win a World medal (silver on vault at the 2009 Worlds). …
read more from Blythe Lawrence, Special to Universal Sports – Gymnast Kaeslin shocks with retirement announcement
In 2010 she was voted “Swiss Sportswoman of the Year”. It is a bit of a shock here in Lausanne.
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