The biathlon world loses two stars after this season. Because after his victory in Antholz it is clear: Tarjei Bö is retiring his brother Johannes Thingnes.
Almost a week after the cancellation announcement by biathlon star Johannes Thingnes Bö, his brother Tarjei Bö also announced his farewell to tears after this season.
“My wife is here, the victory. This is the perfect day for this great announcement,” said 36 -year -old Norwegian after his first place in the sprint by Antholz.
“I knew before the season that it would be my last. My feeling in the body was, now it is enough, I don’t want to work for the Olympics anymore, because that’s very hard work.”
Biathlon: Bö explains bang strike
Bö also explained that he wanted to quit at the climax.
“I felt that it is time all winter. I’m still one of the best biathletes in the world, and so I want to end it,” he said after his 15th World Cup success and added to his brother And the World Cup that started in Lenzerheide on February 9: “Now we both stop, but we have two months together, then we can tackle the last races and the last World Cup with a big laugh.”
In his career, Tarjei Bö was twice the season Olympic champion. He also once won Olympic gold in the mixed relay and won a total of eleven world championship titles. He is also the latest overall World Cup winner of the biathlon history.
The former German top biathlete and today’s TV expert Laura Dahlmeier said in “ZDF”: “This is a great statement, he wants to listen to his body, it feels right for him. But for biathlon it is sad that it is sad Both stop bad. “