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Former Australian track and field champion and world champion, Sally Pearson, announced that she was retiring from the game, giving up the dream of competing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Pearson is the most successful Australian athlete of her generation. She won the gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the London Olympics in 2012 and the world title in 2011 and 2017, but has been injured in her last years.
"After 16 years with the Australian team, it's time to retire," said the 32-year-old at a press conference in Sydney.
"Whenever I tried to run, my body refused, so I do not think I could suffer more injuries and I have a lot of doubts about my ability to continue playing at the same level as I m & # 39; expected ".
"I am proud of my career and what I have accomplished, and I hope to inspire the next generation of candidates."
Pearson grew up in Australia and first appeared on the international scene in the 100m hurdles and 100m traditional.
Pearson took the lead in the road race winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and the IAAF World Cup Athlete of the Year Award after winning his first World Championship title of 2011.
Pearson dominated the 100-meter hurdles one year ahead of the London Games and has already won the Olympic title after setting an Olympic record of 12.37 seconds to confirm his position among the adults.
Pearson has been content with a silver medal at the 2013 World Championships and was seriously injured at the Diamond League meeting in Rome in 2015, preventing him from finishing the competition while she feared that part of her arm was amputated.
But she struggled to recover from an injury, before suffering leg problems and Achilles, and could not defend the Olympic title in Rio because of a problem to the muscles of the posterior part of the thigh.
Pearson proved his mental strength and returned to the 2017 World Championships and won the title after 12.59 seconds.
"I would like to say that the 2012 Olympics are the best thing I can remember, but I must say that at the 2017 World Championships, I managed to prove to myself that I could still go there. go back, "said Pearson.
"Despite the difficult times that I've had, I could go back and win the world championship.It's my proudest moment as a sportsman and coach because I was training myself -even."
The Australian champion suffered more injuries and caused a problem with the Achilles tendon that missed the Commonwealth Games at home in 2018.
A new hamstring injury has raised doubts about her participation at this year's World Championships in Qatar, before she abandons her dream of running for the Tokyo Olympics. of next year and decides to retire.
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