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Posted: Fri 3:19, 30 Aug 2013 Post subject: Aymar backtracks on retirement after missing gold- |
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Aymar backtracks on retirement after missing gold
LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina's women's hockey team captain Luciana Aymar, thought to be the game's finest female player,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], refused to shut the door on her international career after her team lost the Olympic gold medal final on Friday.
Argentina's Luciana Aymar (R) with team mates greets spectators after being defeated by Netherlands throughout their women's gold medal hockey match in the Riverbank Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 2012. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (
On her behalf 35th birthday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the seven-time world player of the year failed to clinch an Olympic gold - the only medal missing from her glittering collection - and later seemed to backtrack on intends to retire at the conclusion of her fourth Games.
"It's likely to be extremely hard not to find me about the pitch again because I actually do love this sport," she said. "Physically I think that I could continue, and my team mates do attempt to convince me to continue."
"Right now the most important thing for me is to rest physically and mentally and after that I may consider whether I want to continue playing and whether coaches decide I'm fit for playing,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]."
That blurred a line that was clear a week ago when she told Reuters she would retire after the tournament,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but added that they may continue playing at club level,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], not for her country.
The 2-0 defeat by the Netherlands gave Aymar another silver medal to add to bronzes won in Beijing and Athens and left her coach wondering how they would cope if she did call time on her behalf international career,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"Her absence is going to be a large void for the Argentinian team. She's an enormous athlete,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], she even compares to Maradona, Michael Jordan, Juan Manuel Fangio," said Argentina coach Carlos Retegui.
But even he wasn't certain Aymar was finished, adding she still had the opportunity to carry on playing and that he hoped she would compete in the 2014 Hockey World Cup.
For those Aymar's uncertainty over her future,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there is one thing she was clear on - asked what she felt look foward to next,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], she said simply: "I just want to take my shoes off right now."
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