Germany’s Denise Herrmann-Wick will retire in Oslo on Sunday

A few hours later the retirement of Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, another biathlon champion announced that she would end her career on Tuesday. Denise Herrmann-Wick will compete in her last race on Sunday in Oslo, according to a statement from the International Biathlon Union (IBU) posted on Twitter. If she had already considered retirement last season, the 34-year-old German had not dropped in level with, in particular, a title of world sprint champion acquired in Oberhof last February.

Fifth in the overall World Cup standings this year, Denise Herrmann-Wick also posted an Instagram post to announce the news. ” It was here in Oslo that I experienced my first World Cup in 2011, in cross-country skiing. Five years later, I made the decision to switch to biathlon […] After 16 years of cross-country skiing and seven years of biathlon, it’s time to start a new chapter “, she wrote. Crowned individual Olympic champion in 2022, the German also has two world titles and 12 World Cup victories.