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:SGP Joseph Schooling :cry::cry:

 

Singapore’s first ever Olympic champion in swimming, as Schooling won Rio 2016 gold in the men’s 100m butterfly. 
 

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  On 4/1/2024 at 11:02 PM, Josh said:

:INA Joseph Schooling :cry::cry:

 

Indonesia’s first ever Olympic champion in swimming, as Schooling won Rio 2016 gold in the men’s 100m butterfly. 

 

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You mean :SGP Singapore

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  On 4/3/2024 at 3:51 PM, Josh said:
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Jeez, Schooling, Irie within a day or so, I suppose they didn't make qualifying times to announce retirement this short before the Olympics? :p 

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:POL Angelika Cichocka (athletics, 800/1500m) announced her retirement today at age of 36. I'm sad that she never made a final race at Olympics and not win medal at Outdoor World Championships, she was one of best runners ever who never succeed to have a medal at the biggest events, mainly because often injuries.

 

And it's just beginning of the wave when our best athletes will announce retirement before/after Olympics this year :( 

 

Also :POL Zofia Noceti-Klepacka (windsurfing), silver medalist of London Olympics and multiple medalists of World Championships and European Championships announced the same decision like Angelika two days ago, though she will yet compete in few more events this year.

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  On 4/9/2024 at 10:20 PM, rybak said:

:POL Angelika Cichocka (athletics, 800/1500m) announced her retirement today at age of 36. I'm sad that she never made a final race at Olympics and not win medal at Outdoor World Championships, she was one of best runners ever who never succeed to have a medal at the biggest events, mainly because often injuries.

 

And it's just beginning of the wave when our best athletes will announce retirement before/after Olympics this year :( 

 

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And not just in Poland.  :GBR Gymnastics legend Max Whitlock will retire after Paris.  Cannot tell you how unlikely a British Olympic Gold Medallist in Gymnastics seemed back in the 70s and 80s, but he got there.

 

Max Whitlock to retire after Paris 2024 Olympics - BBC Sport

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After a great 2023 when she picked up bronze at World champs and Silver at Europeans, :GBR Anna Shackley (Road Cycling) has been forced to retire due to a heart condition. 

 

Anna Shackley forced to retire aged 22 because of heart condition - BBC Sport

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:CAN Glenn Howard, one of the greatest curler in history (though some users on this forum might know him better as the brother of 2006 Olympic gold medalist :NBR Russ Howard) has announced his retirement.

 

Glenn is a seventeen time Ontario champion, a four time Canadian champion, a four time World champion and was the runner-up at the 2009 Olympic trials.

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