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Sep 30, 2013 10:55 PM #

Simone announces her retirement from elite orienteering. She will finish up this weekend fighting for the World Cup. More photos and news at World of O

Oct 1, 2013 12:06 AM #

Hammer:

Total Medals at WOC
1) Sweden 136
2) Norway 118
3) Finland 91
4) Switzerland (without Simone's medals) 51
5) SIMONE 31
6) Czech 27

Medals at WOC (ranked first by total Gold medals)
1) Sweden 42G, 50S, 44B
2) Norway 40G, 39S, 39B
3) Finland 23G, 40S, 28B
4) SIMONE 23G, 2S, 6B
5) Switzerland without Simone's medals 13G, 17S, 21B
6) France 11G, 3S, 6B

'nuff said

Oct 1, 2013 12:16 AM #

Nev-Monster:

Thanks for posting this AZ, nice to talk about elite athletes and less of some of the other stuff on here.

Oct 1, 2013 1:00 AM #

peggyd:

She's had an amazing and inspiring career. It's been a blast to watch.

Oct 1, 2013 4:18 PM #

coach:

An athlete we could all aspire to be.

Oct 1, 2013 10:26 PM #

ColmM:

That medal table is amazing.
I appreciate you putting that together Hammer.

Oct 2, 2013 11:56 AM #

ndobbs:

Amazing, inspiring and smiling all the way.

Oct 2, 2013 2:54 PM #

Nev-Monster:

Who would you put on a Mt. Rushmore for Womens Orienteering?

Simone, Marita Skogum, Annichen Kringstad and?

Oct 2, 2013 3:22 PM #

bubo:

Ulla Lindkvist

...and I suppose there may be a few Norwegian and Finnish names in contention too (Brit Volden, Hanne Staff, Liisa Veijalainen...)

Oct 3, 2013 4:29 AM #

Pink Socks:

Simone or Roger for greatest Swiss athlete of all time?

Oct 3, 2013 6:11 PM #

j-man:

They both personify everything that is great about Switzerland in my mind.

Oct 4, 2013 2:14 PM #

AZ:

@Pink Socks - I try not to answer the question because the answer in my mind has clearly nothing to do with orienteering ;-) Despite Simone's awesomeness, her skill, her fierce determination, her grace, and even her good looks - Roger has all of that too plus $71M per year in endorsements. Sad to say, money talks

Oct 4, 2013 2:16 PM #

AZ:

Although now I think about it, that could be a reason to say the Simone is the greater athlete because she is "purely" fantastic - not driven by the filthy lucre

Oct 4, 2013 4:42 PM #

eddie:

If only they were made of chocolate...mmmmm.

Oct 6, 2013 6:47 PM #

Becks:

She did it! Legend!

Oct 6, 2013 8:56 PM #

bubo:

I feel sorry for Tove - but you'll have to accept the fact...
Simone is unbelievable!

Oct 6, 2013 9:35 PM #

Becks:

Tove has plenty of time to create her legend. I'm very happy that this one ended this way. It's making me all teary in Denver airport.