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The announcement was made by the athlete himself, during a press conference in Trondheim.
Wednesday 12 December 2018 2 minutes reading time
"I decided to end my career, it has been a difficult autumn, in the last few weeks I have felt I no longer have what it takes to stay at the level required to fight in the World Cup. The body no longer responds as before" .
At this point, Northug burst into tears: "Lately I had many trembling thoughts, I could have spent a lot of time talking about all those who helped me in my career, but I would especially like to thank my parents and my two brothers".
After the retirements of Marit Bjørgen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen, all of which occurred after the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, Norway also lost the last of the "big four", who wrote an indelible page in the history of winter sports.
In his career the thirty-two of Levanger won two Olympic titles, 13 world titles and two general standings of the World Cup, where he scored 38 wins and 84 podiums. Numbers that put him in law in the legend of this sport.
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