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Biathlon star Martin Fourcade ends his great career

Dhe five-time Olympic and seven-time overall World Cup winner Martin Fourcade ends his biathlon career at the end of the season. The 31-year-old Frenchman announced this on Friday. “Thanks for the trip. Time to say goodbye, ”tweeted Fourcade, one of the most successful biathletes in history. “My will to give the best and move mountains is still there. But the continuation of my growing as a man, as a father, must now be done in other ways. It’s time to say goodbye, ”said Fourcade.

On Saturday, the 13-time world champion wants to defend his lead in the overall World Cup and win the crystal ball for the eighth time at the end of his career in the chase race on Saturday in Kontiolahti in Finland (1.45 p.m. on ARD and at Eurosport). The single-mixed relay and mixed relay on Sunday have been canceled by the IBU. The planned World Cup final at the legendary Holmenkollen in Oslo in Norway was canceled on Thursday without replacement.

Fourcade celebrated its first World Cup victory in Kontiolahti on March 14, 2010. Exactly ten years later to the day, he will end his fantastic sporting journey on this route. With 880 points, Fourcade is ten points ahead of pursuer Johannes Thingnes Bö from Norway. Fourcade is second behind Boe, 21.1 seconds behind. “Big, big champion,” replied Germany’s ski hunter Simon Schempp, who was beaten by Fourcade at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in the mass start in the photo finish. Fourcade now wants to be active in sports politics.

Fourcade had dominated the past decade like only Norwegian legend Ole Einar Björndalen before. The exceptional skier was the first ski hunter in history to win the “Great Crystal Ball” seven times in a row as the “master of all classes” and was the first to win gold in seven successive major events in a single race. The two-time father has 78 World Cup victories, only Björndalen is 94th in biathlon. He was also an Olympic champion five times, a world champion 13 times, and won ten silver medals, five bronze medals and two silver medals.

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