It is that time of year already, the season for celebrating,
reflecting and planning for the future. Athletes have hung up their racing
spikes, rowers have folded away their Lycra singlet’s and cyclists are wrapping
up their carbon racing bikes; it is time to face the fact that our summer is
truly over along with all of the associated sports.
As the leaves start to fall and the suntans from Brazil are
fading our attention is slowly transferred from reflection to the future. After
the conclusion of an Olympic Games it is natural to expect a significantly
higher number of retirements, although some sports will revolve around the four
year cycle more than others. For example athletics will have their World
Championships in London next year as a key focus, where as a sport such as
Modern Pentathlon really will be labelling Tokyo2020 as the next main event in
their calender.
The announcement of Jessica Ennis-Hill’s retirement fits with
the end of a cycle even if many might have hoped to see her compete in London
next summer. It is never an easy decision to make, so many factors need to be
considered. Ennis-Hill is fortunate to be in the position to make this choice
as and when she felt appropriate, sadly this is not always true for
professional sports people.
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