Immediate withdrawal of Jean Philippe Le Guellec and Pavol Hurajt

The men's relay of the Olympic Games in Sochi should have been'' s last appearance on the international stage for two biathletes to the decision to end his career after the 2014 Sochi has immediate effect.

Tuesday 25 February 2014 3 minutes reading time

The Canadian Jean Philippe Le Guellec, born in 1985, had already announced in the summer that this would be his last season and has confirmed its intentions stated that he wished to build a family, go back to school to eventually engage in biathlon as a technician in future. The twenty-eight in all probability does not compete more in the maximum circuit as it would give his farewell to competitive sport in the national championships in Charlo, scheduled for March 11 to 16. LeGuellec ended his career with a victory in the World Cup, achieved in December 2012 in Ã–stersund and a dozen top-ten, three of whom achieved in the Olympic Games and one World Cup. Even Pavol Hurajt has finally ended his activity as an athlete. Slovak 36 years old in early February, the game will not be in March. It features a bronze medal at the Olympic Games (won the mass start of the Vancouver 2010) and two other podium finishes in the maximum circuit, both in the 2003 season -'' 04. Just yesterday Ole Einar Bjoerndalen in turn, has confirmed what was announced in June, or the decision to quit. Unless you change your mind also the'' Austrian Christoph Sumann and the Swede BjÃ¶rn Ferry hang the rifle to nail a few weeks. In the women has already stopped Anna Karin StrÃ¶mstedt and so will Andrea Henkel. They should then close their agonistic activity also Norwegian Tora Berger and Ann Kristin Flatland. All this waiting for further announcements of this kind, always abundant at the end of the Olympic season.

Francesco Paone

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