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MediaSport.id– Atlet Inggris pertama yang menjuarai loncat indah pada Olimpiade, Chris Mears, yang memenangi medali emas melalui nomor papan 3m sinkronisasi bersama pasangannya Jack Laugher, telah pensiun dari kompetisi untuk mengejar karir musiknya.Atlet berusia 26 tahun, yang meraih medali emas Olimpiade pertama negaranya pada nomor loncat indah bersama Laugher pada Olimpiade Rio 2016, mengambil jeda dari olahraga tersebut pada akhir tahun lalu.
“Perjalanan yang luar biasa,” kata Mears, yang sekarang menjadi seorang produser musik dan DJ, melalui Instagram, dikutip Reuters, Selasa.
“Jalanku benar-benar bergelombang. Tapi untuk mendapatkan sesuatu dari ketiadaan, kamu harus bekerja keras, terus meningkat, dan tidak pernah menyerah.”
What can I say… I’m RETIRED ????????♀️ I’ve been thinking of this post for quite some time, and how to share it with everybody. So here goes! What a journey! From a seven year old kid with too much energy, somersaulting off of anything and worrying my parents to death, to Olympic champion with @jacklaugher ! Well… it wasn’t quite that easy ???? My road was certainly bumpy. But in order to get to something from nothing, you need to work hard, keep improving, and never give up. The first part of my journey started in Reading, my hometown (RG massif!) with Albatross diving club. A special shoutout to Geoff Pierce for finding my talent, and Malcolm Green for nurturing it! This led me on to train in Southampton for the duration of my early career – coached by the forever amazing Lindsey Fraser. She taught me so much and I am very grateful – she would fry me with her lazer vision and I knew in that moment … I’d fucked up! ???? The whole Southampton diving community were so supportive, and pivotal to my learning as an athlete. Lindsey taught me a number of dives and skills, leading me to compete around the world and start to win medals. I then was faced with an opportunity – to start synchro with Jack. I didn’t think twice about it and my moving process took about 2 weeks as soon as I made the decision to move to Leeds. It was in these few years where I think I learned the most – I’d moved far away from home, gained more independence, and was handed over to the great Ady Hinchliffe. Ady turned me from a boy into a man! I’ve had a career full of amazing memories, friendships and experiences I’ll always look back on and smile. I’ve learned lessons that I will take with me for the rest of my life! I’m now working full time in the music industry, and will be releasing music through @its_bloodline with my cousin @robbie.mcdade , as well as working on music for other artists. Watch this space ???? A HUGE Thankyou to everyone who has supported me !! ❤️???????????????????????? – My top achievements – Olympic GOLD Commonwealth GOLD X2 World championship BRONZE World Cup SILVER European GOLD + SILVER MBE! Outscoring jack on a reverse dive (pretty sure it happened) P.S check last photo
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Pada 2009, Mears mendapat 5% kesempatan untuk bertahan hidup setelah menderita limpa yang pecah tetapi itu terbukti menjadi titik balik dalam hidupnya dan tiga tahun kemudian ia bertanding pada Olimpiade London.
Mears dan Laugher mempertahankan gelar papan 3m sinkronisasi pada Commonwealth Games 2018 dan memenangi medali perak pada Kejuaraan Eropa di Glasgow pada event terakhir mereka sebagai pasangan.
Laugher (24), sekarang berpasangan dengan Dan Goodfellow dan mereka memperoleh perak pada Kejuaraan Dunia bulan lalu.
Mears, yang bersama Laugher juga memperoleh perunggu pada Kejuaraan Dunia 2015 dan emas pada Kejuaraan Eropa 2016, mengeluarkan single pertamanya ‘Mexico’ pada 2015 dan berencana untuk merilis dan berkolaborasi lebih jauh pada beberapa bulan mendatang.
“Saya sekarang bekerja penuh waktu dalam industi musik,” tambahnya melalui Instagram.
“Saya mempunyai karir (loncat indah) yang penuh dengan kenangan, persahabatan dan pengalaman luar biasa, yang akan selalu saya lihat kembali dan tersenyum. Saya telah belajar pelajaran yang akan saya bawa sepanjang sisa hidup saya.” (antara)
