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Athletes Retirements Thread


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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.

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

 

 

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:SWE 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/

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29 minutes ago, Belle said:

:SWE 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 :yikes: 

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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 :yikes: 

I feel old too. I’m not surprised though. She had problems. 

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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?

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