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With a lengthy statement released on its website, Jesper Modin has announced his retirement from & rsquo; activity & agrave; racing to even 28 years.
Friday 8 April 2016 4 minutes reading time
These are the most & ugrave steps; significant of the press can be consulted in full (in Swedish) by clicking here.
Sometimes life takes new roads. The national championships last weekend's races were the last of my career as a professional skier. I have mixed feelings right now, but I think I made the right decision after a long period of reflection.
Cross-country skiing & egrave; a demanding sport, you have to train, eat, rest, in short, doing everything right to compete at the top. For me l & rsquo; important & egrave; to know that he gave 110% and & egrave; I've done so far. However I want to give space to other things, cross-country skiing is not & egrave; pi & ugrave; ranked first in the list of my interests.
I want to thank the managers, coaches, Skimen, sponsors, my ski club Pite & aring; Elit and especially my family. Many of them have helped me over the years and without them my career would have been impossible. Sar memorize options their ever so grateful.
I do not know what attender & agrave; in the future, for now I hope to find a summer job in view of a long journey that I want to do in the fall in South America, of course without boots and narrow skis!
Born June 4, 1988, Modin, specialist of Sprint, he lived as the best seasons between 2009 and 2011, during which he won a podium in the World Cup (the third December 19, 2009 in the sprint classic technique of Rogla) , & egrave; He finished fifth in the World Championships in Oslo 2011 test in a final in which Sweden squ memorize options Hellner first and J & ouml; nsson third under the eyes of the great Norwegian rivals, and you & egrave; placed third in the ranking of specialty & agrave; in 2010-11 behind the two giants such as J & ouml; nsson and Hattestad.
Blocked for six months by physical problems in 2012, Modin not & egrave; It was more & ugrave; able to return to a time. L & rsquo; last placement in career points dating back to the 15 Km of Lahti last year, when squ memorize options twenty-ninth.
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