The Retirement Thread

[79]

Impossible is for to to run 19.93 in 100m. My daughter clock (Yes Clock) me 25+ in December of 2022. I am doing stretches and hope to go 22-23 soon.
No, I am not retiring

Great GHM! 🙂💯🏆
Your challenge is very respectable!

[GHM]

You do realise he'd have to beat 9.93?

Impossible is for to to run 19.93 in 100m. My daughter clock (Yes Clock) me 25+ in December of 2022. I am doing stretches and hope to go 22-23 soon.
No, I am not retiring

[79]

You do realise he'd have to beat 9.93?

Impossible.

[Wiederganger]

2015 World 100mh silver medalist, and multiple european medalist, Cindy Roleder (33) is retiring after the indoor season. It looks like she will do some indoor 60mh races as well as a pentathlon.

[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?

[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.

[J Rorick]

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

[DoubleRBar]

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

[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.

[DET59]

Who???????

3 time Olympic Steeple medalist I believe from France?

[The Klingon]

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

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

Who???????

[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

[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

[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.

[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.