This week, the United States Biathlon Olympic team was announced. Hinesburg resident, Leif Nordgren, punched his ticket to his third Olympic games.Nordgren is in the middle of a tough World Cup season, saying that he hasn’t felt 100% this entire season.Before the season began, Nordgren made the decision that he would be retiring from biathlon at the end of this year,Making the Beijing Olympics his last, which comes with mixed emotions.”I go back and forth from day-to-day. Some days when I’ve had not a great season like this year. Some days, it’s almost like a relief knowing that I don’t have to get my butt kicked every day anymore. There is definitely a part of me that is going to miss it,” Nordgren said.Nordgren is excited for his next chapter, becoming a father. Leif is married to NBC5’s Caitlin Napoleoni.
This week, the United States Biathlon Olympic team was announced. Hinesburg resident, Leif Nordgren, punched his ticket to his third Olympic games.
Nordgren is in the middle of a tough World Cup season, saying that he hasn’t felt 100% this entire season.
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Before the season began, Nordgren made the decision that he would be retiring from biathlon at the end of this year,
Making the Beijing Olympics his last, which comes with mixed emotions.
“I go back and forth from day-to-day. Some days when I’ve had not a great season like this year. Some days, it’s almost like a relief knowing that I don’t have to get my butt kicked every day anymore. There is definitely a part of me that is going to miss it,” Nordgren said.
Nordgren is excited for his next chapter, becoming a father. Leif is married to NBC5’s Caitlin Napoleoni.
