Today's generation of legendary sprinter Gatlin officially announced his retirement on the day of his 40th birthday, I believe that people who suddenly see this news will feel a little sudden, although many people feel that the news of Gatlin's retirement is not far away, but everyone thinks that he will choose to run the World Championships trials.
In recent years, with the retirement of Bolt, the old Bow and Guy are already semi-retired, the game is basically not much participated, the official retirement is sooner or later, only Blake's serious active service but has long since lost the strength to win the championship, and now it is Gatlin's turn to say goodbye to us.
Gatlin's retirement symbolizes the end of an era in the athletics industry, belonging to the post-80s sprint veterans, belonging to the era of the five tigers of athletics is over, paying tribute to the immortal male god of the athletics industry, a generation of legends but not a real sense of the curtain race to announce the retirement is really a pity
Originally in the 2021 Swiss Bellinzona race Gatlin said that it was his own curtain race, but then went to participate in the nairobi, Kenya, if it were not for the real reluctance of this track for more than 20 years, I believe Gatlin would not have insisted until the age of 40 before announcing his retirement.
As we all know, the professional golden age of track and field athletes is around 19-31 years old, it is not easy to persist until the age of 40, it is said that Gatlin is one year older than Liu Xiang, is an athlete in the same period, and even at the age of 39, it is simply incredible that he can run for ten seconds at the age of 39, and it is impossible to persist in running for 22 years without hard work and love.
I think that in 2004, Gatlin rode a ride to defeat Morris Green, the result of the unexpected storm was banned for eight years, after returning to the world has been occupied by Bolt, but still did not give up, and finally defeated the same Bolt as a veteran, which is a real victory over Bolt. The moment Gatlin finally bows to Bolt is both a joy at his victory over his opponent and a tribute to Bolt, a goat in athletic history.
Bolt, Gatling, Blake, Tyson Guy, Powell brought the track and field 100 meters to an unprecedented height, the strength of the Five Tigers ushered in an era, any one of them has the strength to win the championship at the peak of the present, and thank them for bringing us so many exciting races and letting us see the extreme speed of human beings.