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Also today a "grand old man" of Nordic Combined decided to say enough. It is the Norwegian HÃ¥vard Klemetsen, hanging skis to your nail on the eve of the Olympic season.
Monday 24 April 2017 2 minutes reading time
"At 38 I realized that maybe it is time to find a good job and start building their own retirement," says the Scandinavian veteran in a press release.
"I feel very lucky, because for more than 20 years I turned my passion into my work. In this regard I must say thanks to those who allowed me to do that, or my partner Mariela and my parents, and Lasse Vesla.
Over a lifetime, however, priorities change. I have two children, so the 'From now on I will try to be less selfish. So far, the whole family had to adapt to my pace, will not be so.
I look at my career with pride and I'm really happy to have collected all that I have collected. "
The 'farewell Klemetsen is not all that surprising. On the 'other hand, in the season just ended had appeared in the clear downward trend, and its yield was down compared to the recent past. Done not trivial, since the 'native athlete of Finnmark gave the best of themselves after trent''anni.
Class 1978, all his podium finishes in the World Cup came between 2011 and 2015. Among them stand one win and two prestigious squares in 'honor in Triple Seefeld.
In big events he won two 'gold medals in the team trials. That World Championships in Oberstdorf 2005 and the Olympics in Sochi 2014. With the event team also won two silvers and four bronzes, all of the World Cup.
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