heywoodu 13,819 Posted October 15, 2021 #511 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/10/2021 at 11:42 PM, Grassmarket said: Double blow for Irish cycling and indeed the Roche family, as both Nicholas Roche and his cousin Dan Martin have retired this month. Sam Bennett is left to fly the flag, as the younger cyclists like Eddie Dunbar haven't yet found their place after promising junior careers. Irish cycling won't really miss anything with Roche out of it (in terms of results), unless that'd happened five years ago. Martin still had something in the tank this year, so that's a shame. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,611 Posted October 15, 2021 #512 Share Posted October 15, 2021 The 2013 archery world champion, Maja Jager, has announced that she will retire as an archer. She also competed at the 2012 and 2020 Olympics. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,673 Posted October 27, 2021 #513 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Oskars Melbardis one of the most successful Winter Olympians and Latvian Bobsleigh legend. Zobraziť tento príspevok na Instagrame Príspevok, ktorý zdieľa Oskars Melbārdis (@oskarsmelbardis) Monzanator, heywoodu and Ted 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,659 Posted October 28, 2021 #514 Share Posted October 28, 2021 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,983 Posted October 28, 2021 #515 Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said: BBC story here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/59070866 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,833 Posted October 28, 2021 #516 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Ah yes, the guy who crashed on purpose at SOG 2012 so GB could still win a gold medal. The less said about this schmuck the better mrv86 and dcro 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 779 Posted November 1, 2021 #517 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Sweden Pole Vaulter Angelica Bengtsson retires. Only 28 years old. She finished 13th in Tokyo. https://www.expressen.se/sport/friidrott/just-nu-bengtsson-avslutar-karriaren/ Makedonas, NMQ and heywoodu 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,819 Posted November 1, 2021 #518 Share Posted November 1, 2021 29 minutes ago, Belle said: Sweden Pole Vaulter Angelica Bengtsson retires. Only 28 years old. She finished 13th in Tokyo. https://www.expressen.se/sport/friidrott/just-nu-bengtsson-avslutar-karriaren/ Well damn, that makes me feel old. I remember she was my favourite athlete when she won her second junior world title...no idea that was already that long ago If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 779 Posted November 1, 2021 #519 Share Posted November 1, 2021 8 hours ago, heywoodu said: Well damn, that makes me feel old. I remember she was my favourite athlete when she won her second junior world title...no idea that was already that long ago I feel old too. I’m not surprised though. She had problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,833 Posted November 1, 2021 #520 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I remember when Bengtsson was winning in juniors and touted as the next great thing in women's PV. She never met those expectations indeed. Perhaps she knew she's bounced off her ceiling already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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