{"id":452571,"date":"2020-11-06T11:17:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T18:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=452571"},"modified":"2020-11-06T11:33:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T18:33:34","slug":"im-really-happy-about-it-pieter-timmers-ends-career-after-isl-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/im-really-happy-about-it-pieter-timmers-ends-career-after-isl-match\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Really Happy About It:\u2019 Pieter Timmers Ends Career after ISL Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in April, when the world was just feeling the bite of COVID-19 lockdowns, Pieter Timmers<\/strong> announced he would retire instead of pursuing the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics<\/a>. Friday, he got a swimming sendoff worthy of his great career.<\/p>\n

Timmers told his International Swimming League team, the New York Breakers, that Match 8 of the season<\/a> would be his final one, whether or not the Breakers advanced to the semifinals. It was relayed on ISL\u2019s broadcast and confirmed by the Belgian sprinter in the post-match virtual mixed zone, and through his prolific social media posting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to retire now,\u201d Timmers said. \u201cThis was my last race. I really enjoyed it. They were pretty good, so I\u2019m really happy about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When you can\u2019t believe you have only one more swimming training left in your career. Wednesday: practice. Thursday and Friday: last race of my life. Unreal. Thx for capturing this @mike2swim. #isl2020 #iswimleague<\/a><\/p>\n

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