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The Swedish biathlete Anna Karin Strömstedt announced today the immediate withdrawal quest'' from'' agonistic activity. The decision was taken following the choice of the federation not to send any woman in the Olympic Games in Sochi.
Friday 24 January 2014 2 minutes reading time
"I see no reason to continue to compete. I've always had trouble shooting, mostly psychological in nature. In my head it was created a'' real mental barrier that often sent me into a panic. During the years I wasted a lot of energy this right. "
Strömstedt, 33 years old on New Year's Day, in season has picked up three points finishes with a twenty-third place as best result. Insufficient to meet the performance criteria terrible places to qualify for Sochi (a top-8).
'' The former cross-country skier had shouldered the rifle in 2010 and over the years has had three placings in the top twenty, with the peak of a 12 th place in Hochfilzen (December 2012). After the withdrawal of Helena Ekholm and Anna Maria Nilsson had become the number 1 of the Swedish women's movement, now even more forlorn.
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