Athletes Retirements Thread

[hckošice 13,251]

retired Olympians after the Winter Sport season. Anastasiya Kuzmina and Matej Kazár in Biathlon

[Monzanator 3,595]

Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement yesterday. Probably the most dominant tight end to ever play in the NFL.

[NearPup 2,157]

 Alex Harvey (Cross Countey skiing) has retired after the world cup finals. 

[Olympian1010 7,477]

Man this seasons been an athlete killer

[Werloc 3,127]

And it happened. Daniel Mesotitsch is finally hanging up his rifle.

 

Seven podiums in all during his career and three victories. First time he won was back in 2001 and last time that he was on the podium was the season of 2013/14.

 

Three times relay world championships medalist as well as twice relay Olympic medalist.

 

He turns 43 in May, that is definitely a long and decorated career.

Edited March 26, 2019 by Werloc

[heywoodu 13,557]

3 hours ago, Werloc said:

And it happened. Daniel Mesotitsch is finally hanging up his rifle.

 

Seven podiums in all during his career and three victories. First time he won was back in 2001 and last time that he was on the podium was the season of 2013/14.

 

Three times relay world championships medalist as well as twice relay Olympic medalist.

 

He turns 43 in May, that is definitely a long and decorated career.

Oh no, he so much wanted to continue to have at least one mixed relay handing over to his daughter, even if it was 'only' in the IBU Cup  It was basically his only reason to continue in the past years..

[dcro 10,179]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Oh no, he so much wanted to continue to have at least one mixed relay handing over to his daughter, even if it was 'only' in the IBU Cup  It was basically his only reason to continue in the past years..

 

He retired. Apparently he did not want it that much.

[heywoodu 13,557]

Just now, dcro said:

 

He retired. Apparently he did not want it that much.

Maybe he did, but he wasn't fit enough anymore to see it as a somewhat realistic possibility  

[bestmen 2,564]

:IRL Conor McGregor  

[Werloc 3,127]

46 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Maybe he did, but he wasn't fit enough anymore to see it as a somewhat realistic possibility  

Or he didn't see his daughter fit enough and he wasn't about to waste away 5 more of his years