What have been the most tragic farewells in sports history?

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Eight-time Olympic gold winner sprinter Usain Bolt failed to complete the final race of his career.
     

LEGENDARY AUSTRALIAN BATSMAN DONALD BRADMAN GOT OUT ON O IN HIS LAST INNINGS AND FAILED TO ACHIEVE AN AVERAGE OF 100 IN TESTS

Don Bradman is widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. He made his Test debut as a 20-year old against England on November 30, 1928 and wrote the greatest chapter of cricketing history.
In the 52 Tests that he played, he scored 6996 runs, 29 centuries, 13 fifties and 12 double hundreds.
Bradman scored 19 centuries in Ashes Test, more than any other batsman but his last Ashes game, which was also his last game, ended tragically.
In his last Test, against England at The Oval on August 14, 1948, the Australian great was just four runs away from averaging a 100 in Tests but got out on a duck, bowled out by Eric Hollies.
Despite having a career that is remembered and reverred even today, Bradman did not have an ideal farewell.

 LEGENDARY BOXER MUHAMMAD ALI LOST A 10-ROUND DECISION

Muhammad Ali is regarded as one of the most celebrated sports figures from the 20th century. Not only as a boxer, Ali created an impact with his social stance as well.

Ali initially retired in 1979 but came out of retirement and announced his comeback fight against Larry Holmes. It was around this time that Ali started facing vocal stutters and trembling hands. Holmes dominated Ali in such a ghastly manner that boxing writer Richie Giachetti called the fight "awful... the worst sports event I ever had to cover" and Ali lost the match by a knockout, his only knockout loss.







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