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Antonio Lindbäck has decided to retire

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Antonio says to SVT sport that he has decided to retire. 

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"Hans beslut grundar sig främst på en jobbig säsong där covid-19 låg bakom att han fick sitta i karantän i flera veckor i Polen, utan att kunna träffa familjen.

– Det tog bort lusten lite. Och då bestämde jag att jag skulle ge mig på något annat, och faktiskt lägga släpskon på hyllan, säger Antonio Lindbäck till SVT Sport."

https://www.svt.se/sport/speedway/svt-avslojar-antonio-lindback-avslutar-karriaren

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Superb talent and remember him bursting onto the scene well. 
 

I think it would be fair to say with his talent at a young age , he should of ended up with a world championship medal. 
 

was arguably the most exciting rider in the world around 2004/5/6ish. 

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Sad he's leaving the sport, but glad he's fit and healthy. Loved watching him celebrate the title this year and have really enjoyed his riding over the years.

 

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Svt made a short documentary about Antonio but unfortunately it's only available in Sweden.
I'll post it anyway though: https://www.svtplay.se/video/29055502/rio-rocket-en-osannolik-speedwayresa

"Speedwaysnack- hemma hos" video blog series also have three episodes with Antonio:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/TJjk6PXagew
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6iDUsQ8DUo
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efifra2QDwA

 

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Seems a bit premature to me, I fancy he'll be back at some stage in the future. I think he's always struggled to handle the pressure at the highest level but I do think he could make a decent living riding in the Swedish, British and Danish Leagues and open meetings around Europe without the pressures of the GP and Polish Leagues and he'd probably enjoy it a hell of a lot more too.

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rusty harrison will be pleased .LOL :rofl:

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Rumours of his demise are greatly exaggerated!

Was glad to see him riding in the Swedish League last week, as I mentioned earlier I think a spell in leagues with less pressure will do him the world as good as he's still very much a quality rider with years left in him yet

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5 hours ago, iainb said:

Rumours of his demise are greatly exaggerated!

Was glad to see him riding in the Swedish League last week, as I mentioned earlier I think a spell in leagues with less pressure will do him the world as good as he's still very much a quality rider with years left in him yet

Just riding for his local club in Sweden to help them out!

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14 hours ago, Skidder1 said:

Just riding for his local club in Sweden to help them out!

We'll see... he's too good and at 36 still too young to retire

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On 11/13/2020 at 4:47 PM, iainb said:

Seems a bit premature to me, I fancy he'll be back at some stage in the future. I think he's always struggled to handle the pressure at the highest level but I do think he could make a decent living riding in the Swedish, British and Danish Leagues and open meetings around Europe without the pressures of the GP and Polish Leagues and he'd probably enjoy it a hell of a lot more too.

Never been a fan to be honest a very good rider though good luck to him whatever he does.

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