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On the day of her 30th birthday, Charlotte Kalla has released an interview with Exxpressen where, among the topics she has touched, there has been her future.
Saturday 22 July 2017 3 minutes reading time
"I feel that time is really flying. I do not feel over them, these 30 years. Perhaps only now I realize I'm closer to the end of my career than it's at the beginning. Yet, if I think of my competitive activity, the feeling is the same as when I had just finished the superiors and I was at my first professional athlete season.
Today's motivation is the same as 8 years ago. I continue to study where and how to improve myself as a fundraiser. In this sense, it is crucial to have a goal and a motivation. Surely the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games are a great incentive to be motivated.
However, they may also be my last races at Five Circles. Sincerely, I do not know if I will continue until Beijing 2022. Four years are long. I can tell you that I'm going to be part of the World Cup at Seefeld 2019. After that event I will reflect on my life and decide what to do. I could go on, but I could also quit. We'll see…".
Kalla has now become a specialist in getting to the top of the state in the grand seasonal event. This is demonstrated by the 8 individual medals collected between the Olympics and the World Cup in his career, to which 9 more are added in team trials, where he often played a decisive role in Swedish fortunes.
In the Games, Kalla already has 2 gold (10 km of Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014) and 3 silver (Team Sprint in the Canadian edition, Skiathlon and 10 km in Russian). Will PyeongChang be equally rich?
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