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French medallists who achieved their (international) carier at Tokyo the best possible way :)

 

- Erwann Le Péchoux (men's foil team - Gold)

- Luc Abalo (men's handball - Gold)

- Michaël Guigou (men's handball - Gold)

- Amandine Leynaud (women's handball - Gold)

- Astrid Guyart (women's foil team - Silver)

- Fanny Horta (women's rugby team - Silver)

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On 8/3/2021 at 12:52 PM, Makedonas said:

:GRE Theodoros Iakovidis (weightlifting) announced his retirement after finishing 11th in Tokyo. This was his second Olympics after also being in Rio.

 

However this might not be the end of his career. He was crying in an interview about not having money/support which went viral in Greece and now he is suddenly famous with 200k+ followers on Instagram, more than double Ntouskos and Tentoglou (who both won gold medals for us this year) combined. So maybe now he will get more support and be able to continue his career?

Yeah, he got a lot of attention and sponsors now so he will continue his career until 2024 now

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Sweden :SWE

 

”King Henrik” Henrik Lundqvist retires. 
 

He is one of Sweden’s biggest ice hockey stars ever. He is most famous for the fantastic Olympic Gold Medal Game 2006 against Finland which Sweden won. 

 

Thank you for all memories you have given us. You will be truly missed. 
 

https://www.nhl.com/news/henrik-lundqvist-retires/c-326000932

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1 hour ago, Belle said:

Sweden :SWE

 

”King Henrik” Henrik Lundqvist retires. 
 

He is one of Sweden’s biggest ice hockey stars ever. He is most famous for the fantastic Olympic Gold Medal Game 2006 against Finland which Sweden won. 

 

Thank you for all memories you have given us. You will be truly missed. 
 

https://www.nhl.com/news/henrik-lundqvist-retires/c-326000932

The New York Rangers have announced they will retire his number (30).

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Besides Joanna Fiodorow (hammer throw), Piotr Małachowski (discus throw) and Kamila Lićwinko (high jump) who will officialy end their careers in two weeks another two :POL athletes will end careers after this season, those two are Kamila Przybyła in pole vault (just at age of 25) and Emilia Ankiewicz from 400m hurdles :( 

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