Athletes Retirements Thread

[Monzanator 4,769]

Joanna Fiodorow (hammer) announced her retirement after finishing 7th in the Olympic final.

[Makedonas 2,239]

 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?

[rybak 3,303]

6 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Joanna Fiodorow (hammer) announced her retirement after finishing 7th in the Olympic final.

Too bad that she never had any real chance for Olympic medal. But at least she have silver medal from World Championships and some more medals in other events. But still it's surprising news  

[Gianlu33 5,277]

Osmany Juantorena (volleyball) announced today his retirement from the NT

[intoronto 6,419]

Vincent Riendeau (diving) also ended career

[Monzanator 4,769]

Valentino Rossi (motorcycle racing) will retire at the end of the season.

[Dunadan 1,103]

That media attention seeker, he could have waited 4 more days to make the announcement.

[intoronto 6,419]

Jennifer Abel (diving) has retired

[Monzanator 4,769]

Kamila Licwinko (high jump) announced she will retire at the end of the season.

[intoronto 6,419]

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