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Emil Hegle Svendsen had already & agrave; issued statements that foreshadowed a loss of motivation at the end of August. Yesterday, the twenty-nine of Trondheim has gutted in a pi & ugrave; precise (and worrying) his thoughts to the newspaper VG.
Monday 20 October 2014 3 minutes reading time
"I have no doubt that it is near the end of my career. It is a special feeling.
I have already & agrave; said that it is not safe to arrive until 2018, at which there is still a long time. The point & egrave; I can not always think long term and my mental horizon changes depending on the day. "
Svendsen had explained that the resumption of training was weighing him, but yesterday he said clearly to have been tempted by the withdrawal, or at least from taking a sabbatical.
He also told how the thought of the Sochi Olympic relay, where fin & igrave; nell''anello of penalty payment agrave; top-polygon compromising the chances medal (perhaps even in 'gold) of Norway, the torments yet today.
Finally, he admitted he had not yet decided what would be his goal for 2014 - '' 15. In August, he placed the 'emphasis on the overall World Cup, but now said decider & agrave; along the way if you focus on the general classification or the World Kontiolahti.
In short, the outputs of the last months sketch the portrait of one Svendsen devoid of the '"Eye of the Tiger", emptied all the way from the Olympic Games in Sochi (on the one hand the "disaster" in the relay, for dall''altro & ograve; awareness of having hit the 'target of a four-year winning the' gold in the mass start).
It is worth mentioning that in 2016 the World Championships will be in Oslo. At this point one wonders if it will be the 'final act of his career than that, pound for pound, & egrave; one of the 6 most biathletes & ugrave; great as always.
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