U.S. cross-country skiers Sadie Maubet Bjornsen, Sophie Caldwell Hamilton and Simi Hamilton, who made a combined seven Olympic teams and 471 World Cup starts, have retired less than one year before the Winter Games.
Maubet Bjornsen, 31, ended her career at the world championships last week. She competed at the Olympics in 2014 and 2018, earned a world championships bronze medal in 2017 (team sprint) and made six World Cup podiums in individual races.
She considered retiring after last season but returned for one more campaign in a bid to help the U.