After the Olympics last year, there was a star fall in several sports. Both during and after this season, there are also many winter sports athletes who have found out that enough is enough. Biathlon A number of high-profile biathletes have announced that they are ending their careers. Two of the biggest disappearances when both Marte Olsbu Røiseland and Tiril Eckhoff put their skis and weapons on the shelf. Together, they have a total of 15 Olympic medals and 32 World Cup medals, in addition to both having won the World Cup in total. Germany’s Denise Herrmann-Wick finished with WC gold on home soil. She started as a cross-country runner and among other things took Olympic bronze in the relay in 2014, but two years later she changed sports. That with great success, because in Beijing there was Olympic gold in the normal distance in biathlon. Then it was Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet who followed in the place behind. The 30-year-old Frenchman has decided to spend more time with his family. Nor will German Vanessa Hinz or Mari Eder, formerly Laukkanen, from Finland join the biathlon circus. Where there is a decline in women in biathlon, Erlend Bjøntegaard is one of the few men who has announced his retirement from top sporting life. The 32-year-old has been part of the Norwegian elite team for a number of years, but has been on the outside in recent years. Now he is going back to school. THREE AT THE TOP: Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, Denise Herrmann-Wick and Marte Olsbu Røiseland shared the podium after the 15 kilometers in the Beijing Olympics. Photo: Andrew Medichini / AP Alpint After 14 years in the alpine circus, 210 World Cup starts, three Olympic Games and seven World Cups, Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen put an end to the National Championships in Trysil. The 35-year-old revealed the decision in the middle of the WC in February, where he was called up as a reserve. But he is certainly not the only alpinist who says thank you. With the nickname “cannonball”, Beat Feuz has 59 World Cup podiums and three Olympic gold medals to look back on after he retired in the middle of the season, after the Kitzbühel race in January. Johan Clarey (42) from France has been part of the top in the speed disciplines for 18 seasons, the highlight of which was probably the Olympic silver in Beijing last year. The star from Austria, Matthias Mayer, surprisingly announced that he would retire with immediate effect just before the super-G race in Bormio in December. GREATNESS: Matthias Mayer won Olympic gold both in 2014, 2018 and here from 2022. Photo: DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP The USA loses two discus players when teammates Steven Nyman (41) and Travis Ganong retire. Both speed guns have several podiums in the World Cup and Ganong took silver in the WC in 2015. Another one who has a few podiums is French Tessa Worley. She made her debut in the World Cup as a 16-year-old and has since won three World Cup medals in giant slalom. Now it’s over. Cross-country skiing Last year, a number of cross-country skiers gave up. This year there are not as many, but in the middle of the NM, Ragnhild Haga posted on Instagram that she “needs a change in her life”. The highlight of the 32-year-old’s career came when she won Olympic gold in the 10 kilometer race in 2018. Cross-country sprinter Pål Trøan Aune also said thank you and goodbye during the skiing National Championships. He tells news that there are a few show races in the Alps before he takes a well-deserved holiday. The 31-year-old German Jonas Dobler ran his last race at the top level when he came 16th in the five-mile in Holmenkollen in mid-March, while a back problem has kept Anna Dyvik out of action for much of this season. Now the Swedish 28-year-old has decided to quit. Hailey Swirbul is not the most high-profile American skier, but she was thanked with both cheers and tears when she did her last World Cup race in Lahti. Combined FIRED: Combined star Eric Frenzel was given a dignified farewell from the environment. Photo: ANTTI HAMALAINEN / AFP The combined community moved to tears when the legend Eric Frenzel ran his last race in Lahti in March. The German won the World Cup a total of five years in a row from 2012 to 2017 and has a total of 17 World Cup medals and three Olympic golds. The 31-year-old is the most successful in his sport. Jumping Anders Fannemel considered giving up after last season due to several major injury problems, but decided to give jumping one more chance. But this season was not a great success for the 31-year-old either, which ended a long career on the Vikersund slopes. Are we missing someone? Please give us feedback.
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