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  • gh
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    published on our home page a month ago

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  • TN1965
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    This is an old story, but I just found about it in another story in Runner's World. (https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a3...0Non%20Openers)

    For family's sake, IU's Andy Bayer retires rather than try for Olympic run

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  • El Toro
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    As noted in the front page news links, AUS walker, Jared Tallent retires due to injury, leaving a pretty good competitive record at major champs.

    Championship Place Discipline Mark Place Date
    OG 3. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:19:42 Beijing 16 AUG 2008
    OG 2. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:39:27 Beijing 22 AUG 2008
    WC 5. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:20:27 Berlin 15 AUG 2009
    WC 6. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:44:50 Berlin 21 AUG 2009
    WC 2. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:43:36 Daegu 03 SEP 2011
    OG 7. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:20:02 London 04 AUG 2012
    OG 1. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:36:53 London 11 AUG 2012
    WC 2. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:40:03 Moskva 14 AUG 2013
    WC 2. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:42:17 Beijing 29 AUG 2015
    OG 2. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:41:16 Rio de Janeiro 19 AUG 2016

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  • tandfman
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    Miler/5000 guy Riley Masters has retired.



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  • El Toro
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    Originally posted by xw View Post
    By the way, has Friedrich retired?
    She's the 5th named athlete in the first post on this thread!

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  • xw
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    Originally posted by Fortius19 View Post
    I really enjoyed watching Vlasic compete. Happy to read she is at peace with her decision.

    I remember she lost only two meets in 2007-08. The one in '07 cost her a share in the Golden Jackpot and, of course, her Silver in Beijing. Crazy timing, but I guess that's Athletics.

    Crazy to think that if she had jumped 2.00 in Rio, a mark she has hit 166 times, she would have won.
    I think the 2nd place that cost her the golden jackpot was in 2008? In Bruxelles, last meet, to Friedrich. By the way, has Friedrich retired?

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  • Fortius19
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    I really enjoyed watching Vlasic compete. Happy to read she is at peace with her decision.

    I remember she lost only two meets in 2007-08. The one in '07 cost her a share in the Golden Jackpot and, of course, her Silver in Beijing. Crazy timing, but I guess that's Athletics.

    Crazy to think that if she had jumped 2.00 in Rio, a mark she has hit 166 times, she would have won.

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  • gmak
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    Shame for her. The best ever HJer without an Olympic Gold. Should've won in 2008, but Hellebaut had the day of her life. 2004 and 2012, Slesarenko and Chicherova were unbeatable.
    She was clearly hampered in Rio and she still only lost on countback. That was her final competition.

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  • ATK
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    Blanca Vlasic officially retires

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  • 18.99s
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    Originally posted by polevaultpower View Post
    They put things on pause for a year for an Olympics that did not happen.
    And it still might not happen in 2021.

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  • 26mi235
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    I got to know the parents of Lexi's husband (I just texted them a little bit ago) when I stayed in the room next to them at NCAA/Eugene. Their son was a decathlete on par with a couple of UW guys whose parents were also on the next floor. Chris Nilsen's mom was also down the hall in the relatively small hotel that was also being used for my nephew's wedding -- hoping to stay at their place for the World's. We kept in touch by text since then and I think that those two women make the right choice at the right time.

    This might be premature but I wonder if this is the first of some retirements driven by the decreasing prospects of the Olympics given the new, faster spreading strains (strains now, rather than just variants). Maybe this should go in the COVID thread but the faster spread means that the actions that were enough to quill spread and what people have gotten used to will be inadequate, maybe by a lot. Ireland hit a peak Rt of 2.1 (i.e., one person spreads, on average, to 2.1 other people, the R that powers a nuclear chain reaction). However, strong measures instituted ten days ago has lowered the Rt to 1.2. The rate of climb might also be exaggerated because of delayed reporting and testing over Christmas.
    Last edited by 26mi235; 01-10-2021, 12:09 AM.

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  • polevaultpower
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    Originally posted by aaronk View Post

    I haven't read their Instagram comments.
    Did they do separate ones, or did just Tori do one for both of them?
    Also, did they give any indication that they might change their minds later on---maybe after Covid is over---if it ever is?

    It seems to me this was a ""twin-born" decision.
    In other words, twins seem to always do things in pairs!
    (Their getting married the same summer, just weeks apart.)
    This is a major loss to US Women's PV'ing!!

    NOTE---My reply on Twitter to PVP's tweet was just "liked" by Tori!!
    They gave their own updates on Instagram. Lexi did not get into as many details as Tori.

    I had heard over a year ago that the plan was for them to retire after the Trials or Olympics, unless one of them had a really BIG breakthrough.

    There is very little money to be made in the sport right now, and more importantly, they seem ready to move on to the next adventures in their life. They put things on pause for a year for an Olympics that did not happen. Cannot blame them for deciding to move forward now.

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  • aaronk
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    Originally posted by polevaultpower View Post

    I believe the plan was always to retire after the Olympic Trials/Olympics and focus on their careers as pharmacists. Tori mentions on her Instagram that she tried doing both pharmacy school and training this past fall and it was too much.
    I haven't read their Instagram comments.
    Did they do separate ones, or did just Tori do one for both of them?
    Also, did they give any indication that they might change their minds later on---maybe after Covid is over---if it ever is?

    It seems to me this was a ""twin-born" decision.
    In other words, twins seem to always do things in pairs!
    (Their getting married the same summer, just weeks apart.)
    This is a major loss to US Women's PV'ing!!

    NOTE---My reply on Twitter to PVP's tweet was just "liked" by Tori!!
    Last edited by aaronk; 01-08-2021, 10:10 PM.

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  • polevaultpower
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    Originally posted by aaronk View Post
    A tweet by Becca (PoleVaultPower) said the (former) Weeks twins---Lexi Jacobus and Tori Hoggard---have both retired--to pursue careers as pharmacists.
    They both turned 24 a few weeks ago!!

    Could it be Covid that made them decide??
    I believe the plan was always to retire after the Olympic Trials/Olympics and focus on their careers as pharmacists. Tori mentions on her Instagram that she tried doing both pharmacy school and training this past fall and it was too much.

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  • aaronk
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    A tweet by Becca (PoleVaultPower) said the (former) Weeks twins---Lexi Jacobus and Tori Hoggard---have both retired--to pursue careers as pharmacists.
    They both turned 24 a few weeks ago!!

    Could it be Covid that made them decide??

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