Photo: Once An Athlete, Always An Athlete.

By: chris | March 4th, 2009

Yes, that’s….Bati-polo. Really, Gabriel Batistuta is now an actual polo player. A distinguished retirement for a distinguished player.

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• Albo |  March 4th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

  
  
  

  Bati is a class act, both as a sportsman and as a person.
  He makes Argies look good wherever he is.
  The good life is well deserved, in my opinion.
  He’s actually learning polo from his close friend Adolfo Cambiaso (no relation to Inter’s Esteban Cambiasso), but a 10 handicap!!!! at the royal sport.

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• Laurie |  March 4th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

  
  
  

  I think you need a photo of Bixente Lizarazu doing ju-jitsu.

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• Weston |  March 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

  
  
  

  i googled the iza thing and got this:

  http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2009/20090202_090431_lizarazu-roi-du-ju-jitsu.html

  according to google, it translates to this:

  “A successful. World Champion 98 Bixente Lizarazu won the Sunday Open Europe Brazilian jiu-jitsu in Lisbon, in his blue belt category, 1 senior (35-40 years), in less than 76 kg. “I’m happy as a kid, I feel eighteen, as when I started my career,” said the former left side of the Blue Team. Lizarazu practice jiu-jitsu (martial art) for a year and a half. He competed in his first race Sunday and had not really considered a success. Far from it. “Upon arrival, I’ve seen that face shaved, ears exploded, heads of killers … I thought, oh shit! .”

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• Weston |  March 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

  
  
  

  *liza not iza

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• mallymoodle |  March 4th, 2009 at 6:09 pm

  
  
  

  Liza does brazilian jujitsu?!
  I’ve done that – it’s brutal!

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• Laurie |  March 4th, 2009 at 10:07 pm

  
  
  

  Not only that, but less than two years ago Liza was going for the Winter Olympic skeleton team for France.

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• mallymoodle |  March 4th, 2009 at 10:16 pm

  
  
  

  wow, I didn’t think it was possible, but Liza just got even more badass and awesome!

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