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Early this morning the Norwegian Lars Elton Myhre has announced his retirement from competitive skiing with a post on his Facebook profile.
Wednesday 20 November 2013 4 minutes reading time
"Dear friends of alpine skiing! - Writes Myhre - As many of you know I have struggled with back problems for a long time and now I have decided that my time from high-level skier is finished. Several objectives were achieved but the most , large has never been realized. I gave absolutely everything and I've come a long way from Hovdebakken på Gjøvik (the place where he was born, ed.) All the hard work towards the goals has been a pleasure and a privilege. For that I thank particularly Kjetil Jansrud, Truls Ove Karlsen and Aksel Lund Svindal. We stood shoulder to shoulder through it all, and we had fun along the way. Bjørn My father shared my passion and supported me since from the first moment.'' It was a perfect model, and I have not enough words to my gratitude and admiration. Last but not least, thanks to my patient companion Betina Thomlevold Jøranli. should be fun to spend a winter with you after eight years together. " Myhre ended the post by saying that will make the television commentator for the Olympic Games in Sochi.
Born August 17, 1984, Myhre won four European Cup, a slalom at the 2004 ko covered in Landgraaf three slalom between 2011 and 2012, two to Trysil and one in Levi. Also in 2004 he won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships of Maribor. He has participated in 125 World Cup races, mainly between the posts tight slalom but not disdaining even other specialties, the first 5 January 2003 slalom in Kranjska Gora, the last on January 6th in slalom in Zagreb more . He finished in the top ten nine times, his best result was a fifth place in the super combined in Beaver Creek in 2007 and was sixth in slalom in Levi in ​​2009 and tenth in Kvitfjell downhill in 2007. He has participated in three editions of the World Championships from 2007 to 2011, two years ago he was seventh in super combined in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Finally at the Olympics, in addition to slalom in Sestriere Turin 2006, he competed in four races at the 2010 Vancouver with the twenty-fifth place in the super-G in Kvitfjell.
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