Athletes Retirements Thread

[rybak 3,227]

 Artur Kuciapski (athletics), silver medalist from EC in Zurich on 800m retired at age 24 by ankylosing spondylitis

[Dragon 1,850]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/46129328

Louis Smith: Olympic silver medallist retires from gymnastics aged 29

[rybak 3,227]

 Agnieszka Radwańska sadly announced her retirement today 

Thanks for all success and good memories, also for proudly representing Poland in tennis world, you will be missed...

[NearPup 3,088]

 Erik Guay (2011 Downhill World Champion, 2017 Super-G World Champion and 2010 Super-G World Cup winner) has announced his retirement effective immediately. He was initially planing to retire at the end of the season but Manuel Osborne-Paradis' training crash yesterday prompted him to rethink competing this year.

[rybak 3,227]

 Elena Fanchini (alpine skiing) decided to retire today.

[rybak 3,227]

 Patty Schnyder (tennis) retired as well

[Wumo 3,003]

16 minutes ago, rybak said:

 Elena Fanchini (alpine skiing) decided to retire today.

Did she? On this Italian website, she explains she has not announced any form of retirement from the sport. She will go back to Italy and recover from her injury, and then she will decide her future. 

https://www.oasport.it/2018/11/sci-alpino-elena-fanchini-non-ho-annunciato-il-ritiro-penso-a-programmare-la-mia-guarigione/

From FISI.org

https://www.fisi.org/sci-alpino/news/17330-temperature-glaciali-a-killington-elena-fanchini-rientra-in-italia-domenica-e-lunedi-si-sottoporra-ad-ulteriori-accertamenti

 

Edited November 23, 2018 by wumo26

[rybak 3,227]

Przed chwilą, wumo26 napisał:

Did she? On this Italian website, she explains she has not announced any form of retirement from the sport. She will go back to Italy and recover from her injury, and then she will decide her future. 

https://www.oasport.it/2018/11/sci-alpino-elena-fanchini-non-ho-annunciato-il-ritiro-penso-a-programmare-la-mia-guarigione/

In all Polish sport's websites is news that she announced retirement with tears in eyes due to leg injury and everywhere as soucre is posted this video 

https://www.ilmessaggero.it/video/sport/elena_fanchini_in_lacrime_su_instagram-4127008.html

 

[Monzanator 4,531]

Alex Gough had a demo slide in Calgary before the World Cup event and is officially retired

[heywoodu 15,181]

9 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Alex Gough had a demo slide in Calgary before the World Cup event and is officially retired

And her teammate Sam Edney didn't want a farewell slide like that but was very much present in the festivities as well, also for him it was goodbye.