A surprise retires Jana Gerekova

Slovakia comes to the news of the withdrawal of Jana Gerekova. The thirty-two was down from a very difficult winter, but no one thought he could hang ski and carabine to the nail this spring.

Thursday 11 May 2017 3 minutes reading time

"I made this decision because my body does not do it anymore. Especially the knees. In general, I felt that it was time to stop. I realize that I could have tried to participate in the 2018 Olympic Games, but I do not think I'm up to the situation and I'm not able to have a level of competitiveness that I can say at best. My knees make me too bad and go to PyeongChang just to attend is certainly not enough motivation. Go ahead and hope to be summoned because behind me there is nothing better is a depressing thought. I would never have any chance in Korea. If I look at my career, the greatest satisfactions have come in mixed clerks. The silver medal for the Europeans in 2016, the World Cup podium at Kontiolahti in 2012 and the fifth place in the Sochi Olympics. He also fills me with pride in the eighth place in the 2011 World Cup quest. I'm sorry I have never won a medal at the World Cup or the Olympic Games. Perhaps the biggest opportunity was the Sochi sprint, but I shot too badly. " Gerekova completes her 32-year career with eleven places in the top 10 and a fourth place (Anterselva's Sprint 2015) as the best individual result. Now in his life there will be room for something different from the biathlon: "On Saturday, 20, I will marry my companion Lukas, so we want to create a family. While I plan to finish the studies. Maybe one day I could go back to the biathlon world as a trainer. "

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