An another possible athlete is quitting curling.
After four world titles and four Canadian championships, Glenn Howard announced his retirement from competitive curling on Tuesday.
In a social media post, the 61-year-old from Midland, Ontario, stated that a persistent injury to his left knee was the cause of his retirement.
Howard wrote on X, then known as Twitter, “I never thought this day would come as I was convinced I would play the game forever.” Sadly, my knee is alerting me to the fact that my life has passed.
“It is always difficult coming to this decision as my mind knows there is so much more fuel left in the tank, but my body cannot keep up.”
During his junior year, Howard placed second twice in a row at the In 1980 and 1981, he won the Ontario Junior Championship. In 1984, he led the University of Waterloo to victory in the Ontario University Athletics Association.
In 1985, he joined a Penetanguishene, Ontario, team skipped by his brother Russ as a third player.
That team went on to win the 1987 Brier in Edmonton, defeating British Columbia 11–7 in the championship game after scoring five goals in the tenth end.
Later on in the year, in Vancouver, they repeated their win there, defeating Germany 9–5 in the men’s world championship final thanks to another five-point finish.
