Olympics 2022 in Antholz? Dahlmeier would have continued

Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier had a reason perhaps decided to continue her biathlon career after all. That would have been the case if the 2022 Winter Olympics had not taken place in Beijing, but in a winter sports-loving region - such as Anholz, which will host the biathlon events in Milan and Cortina in 2026. “In Cortina or here in the Alpine region, I would certainly have thought about it more carefully. “It would have made the decision much more difficult,” said the 26-year-old, who, like record world champion Magdalena Neuner, never made a secret of her criticism of the Olympics. “The Olympics are different than you imagine. Kind of fake.” Laura Dahlmeier A year ago, on May 17, 2019, the seven-time world champion announced her retirement at the age of just 25. “I wouldn't just blame it on that, but it does influence a decision,” she said. Of course, there were many other reasons for the early end to his career. But somehow the big ladies in German biathlon don't seem to have been happy with the Olympics. Because just like record world champion Magdalena Neuner, Laura Dahlmeier also fulfilled a childhood dream at the Olympics and won gold twice, but also collected many negative memories. Dahlmeier says: “The Olympics are the greatest when you look at it from the outside. I've always had this dream, and I'm extremely grateful that it worked out. But the Olympics are completely different than you imagine. Kind of fake.” Dahlmeier is now studying in Munich Dahlmeier was able to do so surprisingly quickly last winter ZDF was hired and became a TV colleague ARD -Became an expert in nine. A year after the end of her career, Dahlmeier is working from home for her sports studies during the Corona crisis; competitive sports no longer play a role: “Now I no longer have any pressure - and I'm really enjoying it,” she says. Especially now in Corona times, her home Garmisch-Partenkirchen is “paradise”. Jogging in the forest, out into the mountains. “If I had been in my little student apartment in Munich all the time, the time would have been a lot harder,” admits Germany’s 2017 “Sportswoman of the Year”. She knows that sport will continue to determine her life. And she trusts that the right thing will come along at the right time. Maybe as the first German national coach? "No no. “I can rule out the possibility of me immediately joining the biathlon circus as a trainer,” says Dahlmeier with a laugh: “But as the saying goes: never say never.”

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Olympics 2022 in Antholz? Dahlmeier would have continued

Almost a year after her career ended, Germany's former biathlon superstar reveals some of the reasons for her early retirement.

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