Swiss skier Gilles Roulin has decided to end his skiing career. The 29-year-old posted a video on Instagram with a reference to Barack Obama.
Roulin: “The willingness and will were no longer really there - and so I had to realize that the path for me should now go in a different direction” The Swiss competed in the Ski World Cup over 100 times, and the downhill skier finished in the top 15 nine times. In a statement from the Swiss Ski Association, Roulin is also quoted as follows: ‘I think if you had told me as a little boy what I was able to experience through my sport, my eyes would have been lit up.’ In a separate video, a friend of mine explains everything in English. For those who don't speak Swiss German, In the second video, the colleague also says goodbye. In the original video, instead of ‘Obama out’ it suddenly said “Roulin out” – so the Swiss allowed himself a little joke.