Former world champion Greene retires from competition

Former world, European and Commonwealth 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene has retired from competitory athletics astatine nan property of 38.

The Welshman has already been progressive successful mentoring different athletes and said his adjacent measurement is coaching.

Greene enjoyed awesome occurrence successful some 400m hurdles and 400m, pinch an Olympic title nan only point missing from an awesome way career.

The pinnacle was 400m hurdles golden astatine nan 2011 World Championships successful Daegu, having helped Great Britain declare 4x400m relay metallic 2 years earlier successful Berlin.

In 2010 Greene claimed some nan European and Commonwealth crowns, triumphing for Team GB successful Barcelona earlier winning golden for Wales successful Delhi.

But a drawstring of wounded problems meant Greene was ne'er rather capable to return to those heights.

In 2018, he admitted he had been near "bitter and frustrated" aft room to repair a insignificant hernia meant he mislaid 5 years of his profession owed to complications pinch a hernia mesh.

"Despite my champion efforts complete nan past fewer years, I person been incapable to participate successful 1 much competitory play successful nan sport," Greene wrote connected societal media.

"The presence of my girl successful December prompted my determination to extremity trying to return to competition.

"My profession tin beryllium seen arsenic having 2 halves. By nan property of 25 I had won everything successful nan athletics isolated from for nan Olympics, yet I consciousness I ne'er genuinely fulfilled my potential.

"The years betwixt 2013 and 2016 should person been dedicated to honing my skills and maximising my talent, but a regular room gone incorrect derailed those dreams.

"Subsequent corrective surgeries meant I was ne'er capable to return to my highest performance, though I occasionally caught glimpses of nan jock I erstwhile was."