The biathlon star is among Norway’s most successful in the sport and has a total of three Olympic golds and 13 World Cup golds on his track record. Last year, she became Olympic queen when she won a total of five medals in the Beijing Games. Now news can learn that she is calling it quits after a long and rich biathlon career. – If it is true that she is going to quit, I think it is incredibly sad. It is then a fantastically good biathlete who intends to end his career if this is true, says news’s biathlon expert Ola Lunde. – For me, Marte Olsbu Røiseland is the greatest female biathlete of all time. On Tuesday morning, the Norwegian Biathlon Union has called an extra press conference at 09.30. They will not reveal what the theme is. GOLD WOMEN: Røiseland went to the final stage of the WC in 2016, when Norway won gold. One of news expert Lunde’s great memories with Røiseland. HEAVY WEIGHTS: Røiseland won so many medals in the Beijing Olympics that there was almost no room around the neck. SILVER: Røiseland won silver in the mixed relay with Johannes Thingnes Bø (former), Emil Hegle Svendsen and Tiril Eckhoff in the Olympics in 2018. BIG: In 2022, Røiseland won the overall World Cup for the first time. Feelings about the future This season was troubled for Røiseland, who contracted the viral disease shingles this summer. She therefore did not train properly and chose to sit out the World Cup rounds before Christmas. In January she was back, and in the WC in February she secured individual bronze. On the last day of the championship, she revealed to news that she was unsure whether she was going to continue. – Who knows? I just try to enjoy the moments. I am fully aware that this may have been my last WC, and then it is important to enjoy it, said Røiseland to news. Just before she was asked about her future plans, she was moved to tears in the interview. A LOT OF EMOTIONS: Røiseland felt the tears welling up when she thought about the future. Photo: Anders Boine Verstad – Do you think about it a lot? – I try not to think about it too much. Trying to just be happy to be here and fight for the medals. Last weekend saw the season’s first two individual World Cup victories, and in Östersund this weekend she led Norway’s women to relay victory. And now – just over a month after the tears in the Oberhof WC – it seems the time has come to say “thank you for now”. Marte Olsbu Røiseland Age: 32 years Club: Froland Sports Team Merits: Olympics: 3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze WC: 13 gold, 4 bronze World Cup: 1 overall victory, 19 victories Troubled start At the beginning of Røiseland’s biathlon career, it was not all that indicated that the girl from Froland would become WC and Olympic queen. At the age of 15, she was far from a talent: But Røiseland’s career really flourished over time – and in 2016 she really became known to the public, when she led Norway to the World Cup gold in the relay. – It is a memory I remember extremely well. When she manages to keep the two big stars Marie Dorin Habert and Laura Dahlmeier behind her in the last round there and secures gold for the Norwegian ladies. It was, to put it bluntly, a huge surprise that they managed it, says Lunde. THE LAST: Røiseland’s last individual medal was a bronze in the WC. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB He believes overall that Røiseland is the greatest female biathlete of all time. – There are four giants on the women’s side. There are Liv Grete Skjelbreid, Tora Berger, Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff – and Marte Olsbu Røiseland is the greatest for me. And that’s because of two major championships. WC in Anterselva in 2020 where she wins five golds and takes two third places. WC queen, medals in all exercises and the first to do so. It is an enormous achievement, says Lunde. In the WC in 2020, she became the first to win seven medals in one and the same WC. It also meant that she topped the French newspaper L’Équipe’s ranking of the best athletes in 2020, regardless of sport. – And not least, the crowning achievement is the Olympic effort. What she does in the Olympics in Beijing. Gold in the sprint, gold in the pursuit start and also in the mixed relay and medals in all the individual races there. It is an enormous performer, says Lunde. In the Olympics in Beijing, there were three gold and two bronze medals.
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