The Retirement Thread

[El Toro]

Sadly, Swiss 800m runner Selina Büchel has retired from athletics citing long COVID (she was first infected in April 2021).

She was twice the European Indoor 800m Champion in 2015 & 2017 and twice finished Top 6 at the World Indoors. She had an outdoor PB of 1:57.95.

https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/...g-covid/

LuckySpikes, the link wouldn't work for me. It does work if you edit the link by removing the following text from the end of the URL (just after "...-covid/" ): %E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B

[18.99s]

Asafa Powell, whose 40th birthday was yesterday, had a retirement and birthday party in Kingston.

https://trackalerts.com/asafa-powell-40-holds-birthday-and-retirement-party/

[Fortius19]

Asafa Powell, whose 40th birthday was yesterday, had a retirement and birthday party in Kingston.

https://trackalerts.com/asafa-powell...irement-party/

That article says Powell has 97 legal sub-10 times. I've seen the figure 98 and also 99 attributed to him. How can it be that difficult to count the legal sub-10 times?

I wonder who will be first to 100.

[dj]

Peter Larsson’s site credits Powell with 97 legal sub-10.00s, the number Alfons Juck cites in the story you linked.

Add in one mark that was annulled because of a doping infraction = 98. Add a hand-timed 9.9 = 99.

Different numbers depend on the person doing the counting.

[Fortius19]

Peter Larsson’s site credits Powell with 97 legal sub-10.00s, the number Alfons Juck cites in the story you linked.

Add in one mark that was annulled because of a doping infraction = 98. Add a hand-timed 9.9 = 99.

Different numbers depend on the person doing the counting.

Wow, thanks dj! Good information.

Just looking at Larsson's site, I see Powell also had: 10.00 (-0.6), 10.00 (-0.5) and 10.01 (-0.7). He was sooo close.

He also had 9.72 (+2.1), 9.75 (+2.6), 9.81 (+2.3), and 9.84 (+3.4). All sub-10 on Mureika's wind adjustment calculator.

[berkeley]

Wow, thanks dj! Good information.

Just looking at Larsson's site, I see Powell also had: 10.00 (-0.6), 10.00 (-0.5) and 10.01 (-0.7). He was sooo close.

He also had 9.72 (+2.1), 9.75 (+2.6), 9.81 (+2.3), and 9.84 (+3.4). All sub-10 on Mureika's wind adjustment calculator.

But I'm assuming he also had a few that were just sub-10 but aided by a legal tailwind. These would not count if we're adjusting for wind.

[ATK]

But I'm assuming he also had a few that were just sub-10 but aided by a legal tailwind. These would not count if we're adjusting for wind.

Because of his insane amount of sub 10's Im sure things even out into the 90ish range anyway though

[ATK]

The successful, yet controversial, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad has retired

AP news article seems to have been removed, but here it is
https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/sport...67c665c40.html

3 time Olympic medalist and 2 time world medalist in the steeplechase. 5-time European Champion as well.

Also famous for a few fights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RhncPvxymM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1bQ5RZ03IQ

[The Klingon]

The successful, yet controversial, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad has retired

https://apnews.com/article/sports-tr...075a9a7f5c0

Who???????

[DET59]

Who???????

3 time Olympic Steeple medalist I believe from France?

[TN1965]

Better known for assaulting a mascot, taking off his singlet during a race, and getting into a fight with another runner after a race.

[DoubleRBar]

Imagine what he could have done in boxing and/or wrestling.

[J Rorick]

Don't think Mekhissi will be the one they select to light the torch in 2024.

[GHM]

To gh from GHM:

I love this thread. Is it possible we start another retirement link starting Jan 2023 and stop end of December 2023? Each year must have its own link IMO.

I wish Powell would run an invitational 100m and break 40+ World Best in 100m

Thanks.

[Trickstat]

To gh from GHM:

I love this thread. Is it possible we start another retirement link starting Jan 2023 and stop end of December 2023? Each year must have its own link IMO.

I wish Powell would run an invitational 100m and break 40+ World Best in 100m

Thanks.

You do realise he'd have to beat 9.93?