Jenny Rissveds and SCOTT-SRAM agree to part ways Stockholm/Falun, Sweden – February 22, 2018 The Olympic gold medalist Jenny Rissveds has today announced that she is terminating her contract with the professional UCI Elite Mountain Bike team SCOTT-SRAM. Professional mountainbiker www.team31.org www.jennyrissveds.com Jenny Rissveds, reigning Olympic and Swedish XC mountain bike champion, has announced that she wants to fully recover and be 100% ready before racing again. After winning Olympic gold at Rio 2016, Rissveds found herself in a completely new situation. After winning the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, Jenny Rissveds found herself in a completely new situation- one might say a new life entirely. Jenny made her decision last week and she has informed the head of the SCOTT-SRAM team, Mr Thomas Frischknecht, who has accepted Jenny’s wishes and released her from their contract. In less than a month she has lost two close family members. The Olympic gold medalist Jenny Rissveds has today announced that she is terminating her contract with the professional UCI Elite Mountain Bike team SCOTT-SRAM. Without Thomas and the team, I would have never done what I have been able to do on the bike over the last few years. “The whole mountain bike scene and in particular the SCOTT-SRAM Team is tremendously sad about what has happened to Jenny,” said Frischknecht. If she returns to international racing in 2019, then women's XC will be the most exciting cycling discipline to watch, hands down. “In order to get healthy again and to be free of any kind of obligations I not only respect Jenny’s decision, I believe it is the best way for Jenny to find her way back to a balanced life. A couple of close family members passed away just after she completed the Cape Epic this year. Still in shock about this big loss, she is not in condition to race and will unfortunately not be able to be part of the first two World Cup races. "Jenny Rissveds of Sweden did not compete; she had announced earlier this week that she was withdrawing from the first two World Cup events this year, following the recent deaths of two members of her family." News broke this week that Olympic Champion, Jenny Rissveds would not be competing at the World Championships in Cairns, Australia next month. Consequentially, the 23-year-old has terminated her contract with the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing team. A lot of things changed for her in a short period of time. Jenny Rissveds and Scott-SRAM part ways in mutual agreement Jenny Rissveds, 2017 Cape Epic winner in Mixed, and Olympic and Swedish Mountain Bike Champion, has announced that she wants to fully recover and be 100% ready before racing again. They have provided me with unique and vital support. 26 talking about this. I think one of the best untold recent sports stories is what happened to Rissveds following her stellar 2016 season. Jenny Rissveds: ”I am very thankful for the years I have had with Thomas and the SCOTT-SRAM Team. Everyone from the team wishes her from our hearts all the best during this difficult time. Sad news reaches us from Jenny Rissveds. Jenny Rissveds, both Olympic and Swedish Mountain Bike Champion, today has announced that she wants to fully recover and be 100% ready before racing again.