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  On 1/29/2025 at 10:18 AM, Gianlu33 said:

:NOR Jarl Magnus Riiber announced that he will retire at the end of the season :yikes:

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There must be something rotten in the :NOR NOC, with all these athletes retiring earlier than expected right before the Olympics (and also Braathen taking a year off to switch to :BRA)

 

Edit: also means that Riiber will retire without an Olympic gold, which just doesn't feel right at all :<

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  On 1/29/2025 at 10:18 AM, Gianlu33 said:

:NOR Jarl Magnus Riiber announced that he will retire at the end of the season :yikes:

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Something really suspicious is happening in Norway :mumble: If this was all after Cortina, then no one would bat an eye, as it is expected for big names to retire after the Olympics. But doing it a year prior and not some random names, it's 3 of their biggest stars is very strange. 

 

Guess Norwegian minds and life choices are still baffling to people from this (my :d) part of Europe.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 6:42 PM, intoronto said:

Rumors are they are all retiring to go compete for Qatar.

 

Jk

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With Russia’s ongoing ban I’m a little surprised at least one of :BRN:UAE:QAT hasn’t suddenly gotten very good at biathlon, cross country skiing, figure skating and/or ice hockey.

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I know Norway is heavily cutting finances in ski jumping so presumably there is some economical shift in sports over there but it would be insane to have the likes of JTB or Riiber compete for Qatar or any other petroleum country now :crazy:

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Yeah, there is a problem with sponsors or something like this.

 

I remember when Lucas changed nationality for Brazil thanks his brazilian mom it was very commented here.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 4:07 PM, NearPup said:

There must be something rotten in the :NOR NOC, with all these athletes retiring earlier than expected right before the Olympics (and also Braathen taking a year off to switch to :BRA)

 

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This does not at all seem related, as Crohn's disease is given as the - understandable - reason. Also might explain why he hasn't been that dominant lately.

 

Same for the Boe brothers, that feels entirely different than the Braathen thing.

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