intoronto 4,310 Posted December 2, 2021 #531 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Antoine Valois fortier Judo bronze medalist in 2012 retired. Jennifer Abel in diving has also retired, won multiple WC and Olympic medals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,788 Posted December 14, 2021 #532 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Three British sailing gold medallists at Tokyo retire after their classes are removed or changed for Paris. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/59636320 Ted and Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,228 Posted December 14, 2021 #533 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Elise Christie, 2017 overall world champion in short track, has retired https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/59650586 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,788 Posted December 14, 2021 #534 Share Posted December 14, 2021 42 minutes ago, NearPup said: Elise Christie, 2017 overall world champion in short track, has retired https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/59650586 I believe she has had try-outs & offers from other sports, so there may be more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,612 Posted December 14, 2021 #535 Share Posted December 14, 2021 I have to say Christie's tactics were all wrong all the time. She always tried to storm from the back of the pack with two laps to go and these DQ almost always happen when people barge into each other for 2nd/3rd/4th place. She never tried to win from the front and that cost her all those OG medal chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,310 Posted December 14, 2021 #536 Share Posted December 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Grassmarket said: I believe she has had try-outs & offers from other sports, so there may be more to come. Probably Long track or bobsled would be my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,228 Posted December 14, 2021 #537 Share Posted December 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, Monzanator said: I have to say Christie's tactics were all wrong all the time. She always tried to storm from the back of the back with two laps to go and these DQ almost always happen when people barge into each other for 2nd/3rd/4th place. She never tried to win from the front and that cost her all those OG medal chances. Not to speak ill of the retired, but she completely ruined the women's 500m final with an attempted pass that was so ill advised that you wouldn't be surprised to learn she was paid to take a dive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,627 Posted December 20, 2021 #538 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Vasiliki Arvaniti (beach volleyball) - Three-time Olympian (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012) and two-time European champion (2005 and 2007). She is 36 years old and after not qualifying for Tokyo it's not surprising that she retired, she already gave birth to her child and then came back to try to qualify for Tokyo but tore her ACL in late 2019 which made things difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,526 Posted December 21, 2021 #539 Share Posted December 21, 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...
Bearas 371 Posted December 21, 2021 #540 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Milda Valčiukaitė (rowing) announced about her retirement during Lithuanian Sports Awards. Milda won bronze in Rio 2016 Olympics, 2013 and 2018 World champion and 2013 European champion Makedonas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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