Athletes Retirements Thread

[heywoodu 16,142]

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.

[Agger 1,709]

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.

[hckošice 15,824]

Oskars Melbardis one of the most successful Winter Olympians and Latvian Bobsleigh legend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Olympian1010 8,274]

 

[Grassmarket 4,107]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

BBC story here.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/59070866

[Monzanator 4,828]

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

[Belle 1,038]

 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/

[heywoodu 16,142]

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  

[Belle 1,038]

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. 

[Monzanator 4,828]

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?