Kristin stoermer steira biography of mahatma

Last Monday, April 20, Norwegian national-team veteran Kristin Størmer Steira, 33, announced her decision to retire following several seasons of injuries and illness, the most recent of which came just prior to World Championships in Falun, Sweden, and kept her from racing the kilometer classic mass start there.

“I’ve experienced so much as a cross-country skier and I love ski racing, but the time has come to find a new track.

And that won’t be a ski track,” Steira said in a translated team press release.

“I feel privileged to have had the chance to work with the best ski racers and coaches in the world,” she added. “There have been rough times, sacrifices, blood, sweat and tears too, but those are valuable experiences that I will carry with me.”

And she will be missed, by both her teammates and coaching staff.

“I am sad to see her quit now,” Marit Bjørgen told TV2.

“Kristin and I have been teammates since , so it will be strange to continue without her, but I respect her deci