Athletes Retirements Thread

[Monzanator 4,502]

1 minute ago, rybak said:

Who? Which sport? I never heard about her.

 

Retirement at age 20 could only mean two sports in 99% cases - figure skating or gymnastics. Take a guess

[Vojthas 949]

14 minutes ago, rybak said:

Who? Which sport? I never heard about her.

8th place in Pyeongchang. Silver in Lillehammer.

[Olympian1010 7,973]

48 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

8th place in Pyeongchang. Silver in Lillehammer.

Might be helpful to put a 2016 on that 

[Vojthas 949]

13 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Might be helpful to put a 2016 on that 

Would need a dyscalculia to think about 1994 in case of a 20-year-old.

[Olympian1010 7,973]

Just now, Vojthas said:

Would need a dyscalculia to think about 1994 in case of a 20-year-old.

I realize that, but it is a little confusing to just say “Lillehammer” when referring to the YOG.

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 minute ago, Vojthas said:

Would need a dyscalculia to think about 1994 in case of a 20-year-old.

In figure skating you just can't count anything out.

[NearPup 3,050]

Not surprising to see Maria Sotskova retire, her results haven't been good since Pyeongchang and the Russian team in women's figure skating is incredibly deep. Was she even selected for a GP assignment next season? It's already a huge achievement for her to just have made an Olympic team.

[dcro 10,210]

4 hours ago, NearPup said:

Not surprising to see Maria Sotskova retire, her results haven't been good since Pyeongchang and the Russian team in women's figure skating is incredibly deep. Was she even selected for a GP assignment next season? It's already a huge achievement for her to just have made an Olympic team.

 

Growth spurt destroyed her career. Her jumping technique was already gone by the time Pyeongchang came, and it only went downhill from there.

 

During the last two seasons she  collected more under rotated (triple) jumps than regular ones.

[Gianlu33 4,567]

6 hours ago, NearPup said:

Not surprising to see Maria Sotskova retire, her results haven't been good since Pyeongchang and the Russian team in women's figure skating is incredibly deep. Was she even selected for a GP assignment next season? It's already a huge achievement for her to just have made an Olympic team.

Figure skating change a lot in the last years, it become more technical and less artistic.

Actually for be competitive it's necessary do some quadruple jump and Sotskova wasn't able to do it.

But her artistic components was amazing, she was really nice and relaxing to watch.

[Nickyc707 382]

17 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

Retirement at age 20 could only mean two sports in 99% cases - figure skating or gymnastics. Take a guess

Assuming that it wasn't a horse.