“The real fire no longer burns in me. And if you want to win at the highest level, you need it,” said Ter Morsová, who won gold at the 2014 Sochi Games and the team fighter race.
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Ter Mors scored another Olympic triumph four years later in Pyongyang on the kilometer, where she also added bronze in the short track relay and was the first woman to win a medal in both speed skating industries.
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Speed skater Martina Sáblíková (illustration photo)Photo: Dejong Peter, CTK
Ter Mors, 32, whose career was affected by frequent health problems, also sought a nomination for the Beijing Olympics, where she would present herself for the fourth time under five circles. But she failed in qualifying.
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