British dash hurdler Andrew Pozzi has introduced “with nice unhappiness” that he’s retiring from athletics following “a critical ankle fracture”.
British Athletics mentioned, exterior the 32-year-old was set to be picked for the 2024 Olympics in Paris however he has turned down his choice “following the result of detailed scans and assessments”.
Pozzi gained the World Indoor 60m hurdles title in Birmingham in 2018 and, in 2017, he additionally claimed the European indoor 60m title.
“After lacking the 2023 season with critical damage, I’ve battled exceptionally arduous to return to the world stage and earnt my place at what would have been my fourth Olympic Video games,” Pozzi wrote in a social media publish., exterior
“Sadly, as I continued to construct and enhance upon my 13.23s clocking in Montgeron, my physique gave approach in coaching to a different critical ankle fracture.”
Pozzi added that damage had been his “best competitor” throughout his profession and that he was “most happy with the resilience that I’ve proven and the achievements that I’ve amassed following such heartbreaks”.
His finest time within the 110m hurdles was 13.14s and he represented Nice Britain and Northern Eire on the Olympics in London in 2012, Rio 2016 and the delayed Tokyo Video games in 2021.
“I’ve determined that now could be the fitting time for me to retire from skilled athletics,” mentioned Pozzi.
“This can be a profoundly unhappy second, but additionally one which I can embrace absolutely with the data that I’ve approached each minute of my time on this sport with uncompromising focus, resolute willpower and the very best of requirements.”
