Stop training, not all athletes retain its former shape.
When athletes are at the peak of glory and bring victories and medals one by one to their country, they are the darlings of the press and the public. However, the career of professional athletes, even those who have achieved success and became famous all over the world, is short, and life is composed of training, deprivation, excessive media attention and pressure, increasing with each new win, heavy.
Maybe that’s why some athletes after a career no longer look after themselves, so the burden of responsibility presses, and the eternal race for first place stopped, and maybe because they just don’t know what to do with so much free time.
Dinara Safina, 30 years
Hereditary tennis player, former first racket of the world.
Retired from the sport in 2011.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 42
Honored master of sports of Russia and the most titled tennis player of the country.
Ended his career in 2003.
Tonya Harding, 45 years
The American figure skater was the second woman in history and the first American woman who performed a triple Axel in competition.
Denis Pankratov, 42
Two-time Olympic champion, world champion, multiple European champion.
Retired from the sport in 2002.
Anna Semenovich, 36 years
Now her name is associated more with show business, but when Anna, with three years was engaged in figure skating, won prizes at international competitions.
Shaquille O’neal, 44 years
One of the most famous basketball player, Olympic champion, his name was added to the list of the 50 best players in NBA history.
Finished his career in 2011.
Christian Vieri, 43 years
Italian footballer.
Announced retirement in 2009.
Neil Shipperly, 41
British footballer.
Ronaldo, 40 years
Brazilian footballer, one of the best players in the history of football.
Finished his career in 2011.
