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After the farewell of Dario Cologna, another retirement in the Swiss fund was announced.
Friday 5 November 2021 2 minutes reading time
Farewell days at home in Switzerland: Wednesday received a press release on the retirement of Swiss cross-country skiing star Dario Cologna at the end of the season; yesterday it was the turn of Laurien Van der Graaf, who announced that this will be his last season as an athlete.
The Swiss sprinter, who turned 34 last October 14, said that her career will end with this Olympic season: "I had clear ideas for a long time: this will be my last season. The goal is to get a great result at the Beijing Games; I honestly don't know what I will do after the end of my career. "
Sprint racing specialist, Van der Graaff was able to bring Switzerland back to the top step of the podium in the World Cup after thirty years, when in December 2017 she triumphed in the TL sprint in Lenzerhaide, valid for the Tour de Ski . Another success came just over a month later when he triumphed in the Seefeld skating sprint. The most important success of his career so far, however, was undoubtedly the silver won at the last World Championships in Oberstdorf 2021 in the sprint team, paired with Nadine Faehndrich.
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