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In un''intervista issued to Norwegian television TV2, Martin Fourcade did un''importante revelation about their future driving out the 'hypothesis of his retirement gi & agrave; at the end of the season during a confrontation between s & eacute; and Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen.
Sunday 13 December 2015 3 minutes reading time
"We have the same style. I am already & agrave; the top to the bottom, but I want to improve myself. At its best Ole Einar was pi & ugrave; fast on the skis tight than it is now. He IS was a distance runner better than me, but I think of being a biathlete pi & ugrave; complete because & eacute; often I win thanks to the shooting and my quality & agrave; tactics, as happened nell''inseguimento.
To & ograve; there '' & egrave; so I can beat his record, not even if I wanted to. I should win 10 races all''anno for five years, but in reality & agrave; I think before I retire. Garegger & ograve; Olympic Games in Pyeong Chang 2018 and then you will see & agrave ;. I do not think I have the desire to win in biathlon cos & Igrave; long as Bj ø rndalen. Its quality & agrave; pi & ugrave; incredible & egrave; to have motivated from year to year. "
A withdrawal before age 30 is not surprising. Martin Fourcade has always said he wants to withdraw still young then you can do anything else in life after the biathlon, but & egrave; also true that in 2011 he was convinced to quit after the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 and then later found reasons to move on.
The main news & egrave; fact that the twenty-seven Catalan is not going to quit already & agrave; in March 2016. In fact, there was a chance & agrave; that this could be his last season in the light of the presence of the World Cup in Oslo - which he considered "home" given his admiration for Norway - and the recent paternity & agrave ;.
So Fourcade proseguir & agrave; for at least two winters. Certainly in 2019 the World Cup will be a & Öland; stersund where & egrave; always had a great ...
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