Australia's former Olympic champion racewalker Jared Tallent announced his retirement on Friday after injury stymied his bid to qualify for a fourth Summer Games in Tokyo later this year.
The 36-year-old, who won gold in the 50km walk at the 2012 Olympics retrospectively and also took silver in the event at the 2008 and 2016 games, ends his career as the most decorated male Australian in track and field."I had planned for Tokyo to be my swansong but I've had a number of setbacks from an injury to my hamstring, with the latest one putting a halt to my final preparations for the Australian 50km Race walking championships this weekend," Tallent said.
Tallent finished second in the race at the London Olympics but was named champion in 2016 after three Russians, including race winner Sergey Kirdyapkin, were disqualified for doping offences. Bakulin was stripped of his title but Nizhegorodov's"B" sample did not back up the positive test in his"A" sample and he retains the gold medal.
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