Simon Ammann has been an integral part of the ski jumping world for two decades. But at the age of 40, the Swiss man is about to end his career. But when will we even come?
The Swiss ski jumping star Simon Ammann is still keeping a door open for the continuation of his career beyond the Olympic season. “I’ve never said this before, this is the last time. It can turn every now and then,” said the 40-year-old double double Olympic champion of the SID news agency at the Four Hills Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
He always said that it would be “most probably”, that is, most likely, his last tour. “I always said it that way because I don’t want to start like that either,” said Ammann, referring to the possible farewell mood: “The sadness, the emotions – you could think of that from the outside. I’m at a point , where I can take care of the day-to-day business. I’m not even thinking about the macro, the big one. “
Ammann, who competed in his first Four Hills Tournament in 1997 at the age of 16, was 13th at the opening competition in Oberstdorf, achieving his best tournament result in six years. The long-running favorite, who won both Olympic individual competitions in 2002 and 2010, acted as emotionally as ever.
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