Christine Ohuruogu has announced her retirement from athletics at the age of 34.
Ohuruogu enjoyed a glittering career on the track, winning two World titles and Olympic gold in the 400 metres.
She won her first major title at Osaka in 2007 when she won World Championship gold and followed it up a year later in Beijing by winning the Olympic title.
She took silver at the London Olympics in 2012 before regaining her world title in Moscow in 2013.
And she confirmed on Saturday in a statement released on her official website that she was hanging up her spikes.
She said: “Today is the start of the British Championships and, as I won't be there competing, I feel it is a good time to formally announce my retirement from competitive athletics.”
Ohuruogu, who is halfway through a law degree at university, continued: “I didn't feel ready to retire after last season but a combination of my studies and a niggling injury restricted how much training I was able to do this year.”
The London-born Newham and Essex Beagles club member, who took up athletics in 2001 in a bid to boost her netball skills, is proud of all she achieved in the sport.
“Athletics has been my passion for so long and I am proud to call myself an athlete,” she added. “I love the diversity of the events and the brilliant characters that come from them.
“I have truly met some wonderful people over the last 15 years, competing around the world, and I am blessed to call many of them friends.”
Sportsbeat 2018