“She was sure I would go on”
Winter sports star surprises girlfriend with resignation
02.02.2025 – 9:29 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
This week, the combiner Jarl Magnus Riiber announced his career out at the end of the season. The winter sports star himself surprised his girlfriend himself.
“I am really looking forward to participating in the lives of those who have been waiting for me day in day in,” with these words, the combiner Jarl Magnus Riiber announced his career out at the end of the season (more read here at the end of the career) On Instagram. At a press conference, he also made his disease crawl disease public. Now the eight -time world champion revealed that he had amazed his girlfriend himself with his resignation.
“She was very surprised when I brought her the news. She was absolutely certain that I would continue for two years, but I had the feeling that it was enough. So she took the news with open arms,” so she The 27-year-old Norwegian, who has two children with his partner, to the Norwegian public service broadcasting NRK.
Riiber is currently leading the overall World Cup with 835 points. During the Seefeld triple, the Norwegian finished second behind his team-mate Jens Luraas frequentebro on Saturday. Riiber said to his podium: “If you announce that you will withdraw, you have the feeling that you can go downhill, but then I can show good performances. This is a great feeling and I enjoy the moments even more. “
Regarding his illness, Riiber recently said that the Olympic Games in Milan and Cortino d’Ampezzo will be “no longer important” in Milan and Cortino d’Ampezzo and that he would like to devote himself to his family after the season.