Sprinter Dafne Schippers, a two-time champion of the world, announced her retirement on Tuesday by telling her social media fans that “the race stops here.”
The 31-year-old Dutch athlete from the 2015 World Championship in Beijing and the 2016 Olympics in London both took home gold in the 200-meter event. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she also won silver in the 200m. The race comes to an end here, he posted on Instagram (dafne_schippers). As an athlete, you are aware that this day will eventually arrive and that, in the future, your career will just exist as a collection of memories and, hopefully, medals. Due to a string of injuries, Schippers was never able to maintain her position among the top sprinters. She has experienced ongoing back issues in recent years, and as a result of her injuries, she has been unable to participate for a year.