Norwegian Maren Lundby (27 years old), 2018 Olympic champion and double ski jumping world champion, announced that she was giving up participating in the 2022 Olympics from Beijing. “Ski jumping is a sport with a lot of demands, weight is one of them. My body has changed in a natural way lately and for this reason, I don’t want to sacrifice everything to be at the best level in Beijing, ”she said on NRK TV channel. “It is a difficult decision to make, because I would like to jump, but this season, it does not work”, she regretted, in tears, while ensuring “to feel good in terms of (her) health “.
