Philipp BOY: Earlier withdrawal from Top Sport!

Ultimately, but not unexpectedly, the two-times all-around vice-world champion of  Rotterdam in 2010 and Tokyo 2011 and the 2011 European Champion,  the 25-year Cottbus Philipp BOY, declared his defenitly retirement now on the edge of the 30th DTB Cup 2012 in a press conference in Stuttgart, where his already pre-announced resignation.
With "valve in head" since its stretching fall at the same point last year here in Stuttgart, with many injury problems and lack of motivation on the way to London 2012, founded the protégé of coach Karsten Oelsch (SC Cottbus) justified his step.

The German Gymnastics Federation, specially national coach Andreas Hirsch regret his decision: "... it's unfortunate, but we have to respect his step."

Not only insiders were and are of the opinion that this exceptional athlete had not been long since the end of its possibilities.