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Return from the final stage in Holmenkollen the Finnish biathlete makes his situation point season and launches a possibility for the post Olympics that will please his many admirers.
Wednesday 22 March 2017 4 minutes reading time
In a '' interview to major Finnish daily the 34 year old Ristijärvi never ceases to amaze and announces that he could continue his career with the biathlon and also be at the start in the World Cup 2019 Östersund.
She, too, the same until recently believed that after the Korean Olympics was the right time to quit. But after the successful 2017 season and the third place in the overall it is possible for her to look even further, "At the moment I have nothing to say about my future, and I do not say that my career will end '' next season. In my way of thinking I must not decide on this important issue so early. I will look at my situation in the coming winter considering the feeling that I'll have '' with myself at that moment. At the moment my feelings are good. "
Continuous two-time winner of the crystal ball, "My hunger and desire to achieve success have remained the same as when I started with biathlon. The coming summer and fall workouts usually say much about the prospects of an athlete during the 'winter. If the 'training and development program that' 'the lighthouse will be positive, this will be for me un''importante yardstick to assess my condition. I am aware that the young are growing year after year, and I'll have 35 years nell''anno Olimpico but I feel I can still develop my skills. I still have great motivation to get an Olympic medal. After the short break in which I will give to the end of April, I'll be back '' to train then concentrating on those areas where I feel I still have room to improve. "
Now for the most successful biathlete of Finland the season is not yet over and already '' this weekend will be '' in the race in the national championships in Oulu. Then space to the bottom with racing in his home in Kontiolahti to rival Pärmäkoski, Mononen and companions for perhaps to the regret to grow Suomi technicians for his non-selection in the relay in Lahti in 2017.
After last season when not '' managed to be at the top for repeated small health problems, in this season and Kaisa '' still managed to get on the podium on nine occasions, winning the two races scheduled in Ruhpolding, in close third in the overall and win the bronze medal in the world of mass Hochfilzen, and who considers her disappointing year she replies firmly, "If anyone thinks that my it was a disappointing season, I say to him that they're wrong. The d Hochfilzen medal and third place in the overall results are evidence of a more '' than satisfactory season for me. "
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