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At the beginning of the season there was a concrete hypothesis that the month of March 2016 could be the 'last career of Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen. In reality & agrave; Today both have hinted that might continue in the years to come.
Wednesday 2 March 2016 3 minutes reading time
The main news concerns Bj ø rndalen, which had long since announced his retirement at the end of the current season.
Asked about the Finnish YLE tested, the most & ugrave; great biathlete of all time has to memorize options made it clear that it is not so & igrave; Safe to end his activities & agrave; challenge.
"I expected that question. I gi & agrave; said that this would be my last season, but I said the same thing before the Sochi 2014 after which & eacute; I found motivation and decided to continue another two years. If that does not happen even this' 'year, then smetter memorize options ;. to memorize options first I want to finish the season and then make a final decision. I'm just an athlete like everyone else, who like to compete and get results. "
In reality & agrave ;, nell''ambiente biathlon in a few think that Bj ø rndalen can really quit. Yesterday Martin Fourcade, interviewed by Norwegian television TV2, has responded safe: "I am convinced that Ole will continue & agrave; to racing after this season."
For its part, in the fall Svendsen had hinted that he could hang the skis to the nail just 30 years. Today memorize options on NRK the 'Trondheim athlete made statements that go in the opposite direction: "I must admit that I found pleasure in the race, although the last two years have certainly not been the best of my career. In the last few months for me & egrave; become increasingly & ugrave; hard to imagine to stop. I realized that I still enjoy to travel and shoot the targets. Honestly, I have not decided yet. I will have to memorize options to think well and carefully consider all aspects of my life. When avr memorize options complete vision of 'together, to memorize options my choice. "
Overall, probably the fate of both decider & agrave; in the spring, but the 'hypothesis that the biathlon circuit can still benefit from the presence of both star players & egrave; concrete.
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