Shaun White isn’t the only Olympic athlete who’s retiring after the 2022 Winter Games. Here are some legendary Olympians who are calling it a career.
plans to retire at the end of the 2022 season.
After winning silver in the inaugural women’s monobob, Meyers Taylor shifted her focus to the two-women race, winning bronze with brakeman Sylvia Hoffman. This brought Meyers Taylor’s medal count to five, making her the first female bobsledder to win five medals and theIn the days following the monobob, the two-woman race took on a whole new meaning with Meyers Taylor implying Saturday could have been her final bow.Yuzuru Hanyu walked so that Nathan Chen could run..or quad jump.
After winning back-to-back gold medals in 2014 and 2018, Hanyu amassed a massive fanbase following his career even without the Olympic spotlight. He narrowly missed the podium in Beijing, only losing to Chen and his two Japanese teammates. More importantly, he’s proved he has the gift of longevity, a rarity among a sport that does not often see athletes compete beyond their mid-20s.
Brown burst onto the Olympic stage in Sochi, helping the U.S. win bronze in the inaugural team event. At the time Brown was the ninth-youngest male medalist in figure skating history.
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