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Dennis Goossens and Stacy Bertrandt retire

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Olympic finalist Dennis Goossens and youngster Stacy Bertrandt both retired last month.  Dennis Goossens wrote history for Team Belgium at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, as the first Belgian gymnast to qualify for an olympic apparatus final. Before entering the topsport centre in Ghent, he trained in his club TK Kerels Waasmunster. He competed at the World Championships in Antwerp in 2013 and finished 12th on still rings.  The highlight of his career was in 2016 when he first placed 6th in the rings final at the European Championships in Bern and then qualified for the rings final at the Olympic Games in Rio, where he finished 8th.  Dennis was part of the Belgian team that was 12th at the European Championships in Glasgow in 2018, where he once again reached the rings final (7th). Later that year he also took the 19th place with his team at the World Championships in Doha. Now he will focus on getting his masters degree while starting his first job.  Stacy Bertrandt started gymnastic