> ...retiring around 35. Their bodies are ruined From what I can find, this is incorrect, unless the athlete is doing a high impact sport like American footbal

> ...retiring around 35. Their bodies are ruined From what I can find, this is incorrect, unless the athlete is doing a high impact sport like American football, rugby, boxing etc. If they're doing a non impact sport like swimming, cycling, running, they are likely to live longer and healthier than non athletes. https://healthland.time.com/2012/12/14/fast-stronger-longer-olympians-outlive-the-rest-of-us/ https://healthland.time.com/2012/12/14/fast-stronger-longer-... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4534511/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4534511/