Â Â Official, Jason Lamy-Chappuis is back! The French returns to activity after 2 years of pause

The voice had spread already at the end of March. After five weeks it also came to the official confirmation by the person concerned. Jason Lamy-Chappuis returns to work after two years of pause. The French combiant announced today in Paris during a press conference.

Wednesday 3 May 2017 2 minutes reading time

"I just finished my training to become a line pilot in Great Britain. So I decided to resume my high-profile sports career in view of the PyeongChang2018 Olympic Games. I began to think about the possibility of returning last summer during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. I felt I missed something. Then I spent a whole winter in England far away from the snow, and there I really realized I wanted to get started again. I can not wait to find the Nordic combined environment and resume racing. " So the discipline finds one of his greatest interpreters ever. The transalpine boasts 26 wins in the World Cup (only three have done better), 1 Olympic gold (small jumper race at Vancouer 2010), 2 gold medalists (skip to the big hill at Oslo 2011 and jump to Normalhill at Fiemme 2013) and 3 Crystal Balls Absolute (2009 - '' 10, 2010 - '' 11, 2011 - '' 12). There are also three world titles. Climbing the nail skis in March 2015, just 28 years old, is now preparing to come back to nearly 31 sprints. An all-around age yet quite green in this sport. But it will be interesting to see what the Lamy-Chappuis level of competitiveness will be, especially considering how the Nordic combined has evolved a lot in the last two years.

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