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Athletes Retirements Thread


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:GBR Modern Pentathlete Jamie Cooke, retires as an athlete, takes over as coach of the :GREnational team.  Will always be remembered for what he did to :FRA Vincent Prades at the 2018 Worlds.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/modern-pentathlon/61556890

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3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

:GBR Modern Pentathlete Jamie Cooke, retires as an athlete, takes over as coach of the :GREnational team.  Will always be remembered for what he did to :FRA Vincent Prades at the 2018 Worlds.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/modern-pentathlon/61556890

"Greece has some fantastic young athletes who, with the right guidance, have the potential to really establish the country on the world pentathlon circuit."

 

I guess he had to say something like this to be nice, we all know it's not true :lol:

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:GRE Orestis Karnezis (football)

 

He was our goalkeeper at the 2014 World Cup. 49 caps with the national team between 2012 and 2018. He is 36 yo and played for clubs like Napoli, Lille, Granada, Watford, Udinese, and Panathinaikos in his career.

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22yo :ARG Delfina Pignatiello announced her retirement on Instagram. Will keep swimming but not at competitions. Wants to focus on other things out of the pool.

 

A real shame. She is a 2x world junior champion, 2x YOG medalist and 3x pan american champion, multiple SA record holder as well. She was probably our best talent of the last few years sport by sport. But she didn't cope well with the pressure, the hate on social media and an extended quarantine that hurt her preparation for the Olympics. IMO also made some questionable decisions, like not going to the NCAA to stay home or changing her long time coach. Hope she makes a comeback in a few years, but she seems happier with her other activities.

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34 minutes ago, NMQ said:

22yo :ARG Delfina Pignatiello announced her retirement on Instagram. Will keep swimming but not at competitions. Wants to focus on other things out of the pool.

 

A real shame. She is a 2x world junior champion, 2x YOG medalist and 3x pan american champion, multiple SA record holder as well. She was probably our best talent of the last few years sport by sport. But she didn't cope well with the pressure, the hate on social media and an extended quarantine that hurt her preparation for the Olympics. IMO also made some questionable decisions, like not going to the NCAA to stay home or changing her long time coach. Hope she makes a comeback in a few years, but she seems happier with her other activities.

She hasn't been a serious athlete for like 3 years already IMO, the pandemic excuse was a bit of a deflection. More interested in a career as "influencer" and all that.   

Well, at least she'll be making much more money in that, that's for sure.

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9 hours ago, NMQ said:

22yo :ARG Delfina Pignatiello announced her retirement on Instagram. Will keep swimming but not at competitions. Wants to focus on other things out of the pool.

 

A real shame. She is a 2x world junior champion, 2x YOG medalist and 3x pan american champion, multiple SA record holder as well. She was probably our best talent of the last few years sport by sport. But she didn't cope well with the pressure, the hate on social media and an extended quarantine that hurt her preparation for the Olympics. IMO also made some questionable decisions, like not going to the NCAA to stay home or changing her long time coach. Hope she makes a comeback in a few years, but she seems happier with her other activities.

One of the most sad news for Argentinian sport, without doubt.

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:INA Greysia Polii [Women's Doubles Badminton player/2020 Olympics gold medalist] announced her retirement in testimonial day, before Indonesia Masters 2022 tournament.

 

https://www.kompas.com/badminton/read/2022/06/03/13262738/pensiun-greysia-polii-ucapkan-rasa-syukur-dan-terima-kasih

 

https://en.antaranews.com/news/232417/athlete-polii-to-decide-on-future-career-following-retirement

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