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Anette Sagen, one of the pioneers of women's ski jumping, announced officially quest''oggi the end of his racing career.
Tuesday 10 March 2015 3 minutes reading time
"They just do not find myself more & ugrave; fun to be on top of a trampoline. I love this sport, but the joy of competing & egrave; gone. No reasons have not pi & ugrave; what it takes to be on top and do not want to do the jumper if I can not be among the best.
The decision to stop & egrave; matured over time and I think a natural end. In fact, now that I have made this choice I feel relieved. We say that the 'decisive episode & egrave; was to not be included in the team for the World Falun, but in reality & agrave; looking back to the last months I have to say that I have always felt unconscious that this would be my last season.
I hope to be remembered as a good athlete and as someone who has done a lot for women's ski jumping. "
Sagen, born in 1985, & egrave; was the dominant female of the jump at the dawn of the discipline by winning the Continental Cup, when this was the best women's circuit, for five consecutive winters (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). & Egrave; Bronze was also world champion in Liberec in 2009, the first edition of the World Cup which was attended also leaping.
With the 'arrival of the current decade & egrave; entry into phase calalente, however experiencing a swan song in the 2012 season - '' 13 when & egrave; back nell''elite absolute winning the first, and only tutt''ora, Norway victory in the World Cup (January 6, 2013 in Schonach).
Not & egrave; but never been able to participate in the Olympic Games. In view of the Vancouver 2010 leaping engaged in a fruitless legal battle with the IOC to be admitted into the program in five circles. Instead he was not selected for Sochi 2014.
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