End of career Markus Deibler – ice cream instead of world record – Süddeutsche.de

Cancellation with 24 years: With the world Markus Deibler the German Swimming loses an exceptional athlete. But he has had enough of self-mortification in competitive sports.

Comments Claudio Catuogno

The most famous ice cream parlor of the German swimming sport is in Hamburg’s St. Pauli, and who now believes was ice but just for the hot summer, you are wrong. The latest news from “Luicella’s – a ball joy of life” are from third weekend of Advent and sound like a sweet promise: “hazelnut butter scotch, milk coffee with caramelized biscuits, Cheesecake Pear Chocolate, Chocolate Sorbet (vegan) & amp; Rice Pudding Cinnamon” .

The latest news from the German swimming come on Monday. You sound like a ruptured promise: Markus Deibler ended his career. At just 24 years.

Markus Deibler is co-founder and co-owner of the Luicella’s, and he has been one of those on whose shoulders lay the medal hopes of the German Swimming Federation for the 2016 Olympic Games. Only just over a week ago Deibler swam at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Doha set a world record in the 100 meters individual medley. World champion, world record holder – his trainer, Petra tungsten hoped at that time, this title would Markus Deibler wear now almost automatically to Rio. Instead Deibler stops “when it is at its most beautiful.” After “careful consideration” as he tells -. It consists in the case of Markus Deibler no doubt

This story of a far too brief view of many companions career also deals with the hardships of the Olympic niche sport that often disappear behind the golden glow of the medals: get up early every day, including tiles, everything somehow get under one roof, training, competition, study, private life, to the expectations of the organization, which urgently needs successes, but hardly succeeds types. And, just somehow remain healthy – otherwise were at the end of four years of training in vain

“Swimming is a great sport that I do it, since I can remember,” Markus Deibler informed goodbye. But now he would rather be his own boss. This story also on what kind of life one wants to lead is. Only chlorine? Or sometimes Pear Chocolate?