NY Times · Feb 7, 2022
Weight, Well-Being and a Champion’s Absence From the Games
Maren Lundby won a world championship last year and then chose not to defend her title.Credit...Philipp Guelland/EPA, via ShutterstockNot too long ago, Maren Lundby seemed a lock for a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lundby, 27, a ski jumper from Norway, had won gold at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea; three straight World Cup titles, from 2018 to 2020; and gold medals in the 2019 and 2021 World Championships.
So it came as a shock when Lundby announced in October that she would take the entire season off, skip the Olympics and forgo the chance to defend her crown.