GB's Pozzi retires from athletics after ankle injury

British sprint hurdler Andrew Pozzi has announced "with awesome sadness" that he is retiring from athletics pursuing "a superior ankle fracture".

British Athletics said, external nan 32-year-old was group to beryllium picked for nan 2024 Olympics successful Paris but he has turned down his action "following nan result of elaborate scans and tests".

Pozzi won nan World Indoor 60m hurdles title in Birmingham successful 2018 and, successful 2017, he besides claimed nan European indoor 60m title.

"After missing nan 2023 play pinch superior injury, I person battled exceptionally difficult to return to nan world shape and earnt my spot astatine what would person been my 4th Olympic Games," Pozzi wrote successful a societal media post., external

"Unfortunately, arsenic I continued to build and amended upon my 13.23s clocking successful Montgeron, my assemblage gave measurement successful training to different superior ankle fracture."

Pozzi added that wounded had been his "greatest competitor" during his profession and that he was "most proud of nan resilience that I've shown and nan achievements that I've amassed pursuing specified heartbreaks".

His champion clip successful nan 110m hurdles was 13.14s and he represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland astatine nan Olympics successful London successful 2012, Rio 2016 and nan delayed Tokyo Games successful 2021.

"I person decided that now is nan correct clip for maine to discontinue from master athletics," said Pozzi.

"This is simply a profoundly sad moment, but besides 1 that I tin clasp afloat pinch nan knowledge that I person approached each infinitesimal of my clip successful this athletics pinch uncompromising focus, resolute determination and nan highest of standards."