Skiing:Elena Fanchini quits after injury

(ANSA) - Rome, November 23 - Italian Alpine skier Elena Fanchini announced via social media on Friday that she was retiring from competition after breaking her leg in training on Thursday. The 33-year-old had recently returned to action after beating cancer. Fanchini has two career World Cup wins, both in the downhill, and took silver at the 2005 world championships in the same discipline. Her younger sister Nadia still races for the Italian national team while her other sister, Sabrina, retired from competition in 2016.