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During today & egrave; came the 'ufficialit & agrave; of news that circulated nell''ambiente gi & agrave; for some time. Janez Maric, a real chapter in the history of the Slovenian biathlon, has decided to retire dall''attivit & agrave; competitive.
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The 'now former athlete Bled, born in 1975, has exceeded the threshold of the fateful "door" on 10 August. Now, ended his career, will remain & agrave; in the world of biathlon as a coach and has already & agrave; started following a Slovenian youth team.
It hangs the rifle to nail a true piece of history of the biathlon. Maric fact signed the first ever victory of Slovenia in the World Cup.
It was 22 February 2003 and the 'twenty-seven then prevailed & nell''individuale of Öland; stersund. However, that success & egrave; been for nearly a decade the 'most unique & ugrave; Southern Central European nations.
Only with the 'advent Jakov Fak of Slovenia it began to rise steadily on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium. In truth & agrave Fak ;, being a Croatian nation, the 'statement of Maric & egrave; tutt''ora only ever won by the movement Slovenian biathlete with a native.
In addition to that success Janez & egrave; climbed on the podium three times (twice in second place and a third), also entering the top ten in most & ugrave; fifty occasions. Moreover despite dell''et & agrave ;, in 2014 - '' 15 & egrave; managed to make inroads into the points ending 32 & deg; nell''Individuale Kontiolahti, revealed the 'last race of his career.
So Slovenia loses in effect the number three of his movement. To make matters worse in the summer Klemen Bauer & egrave; He was hit by mononucleosis and, although there are no official announcements, even Peter Dokl should have opted for the withdrawal.
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