Wheelchair racer David Weir introduced his retirement from Paralympic competitors after ending fifth within the males’s T54 marathon in Paris.
The 45-year-old received six Paralympic gold medals, together with 4 at London 2012, having made his debut aged 17 at Atlanta in 1996.
“It was fairly emotional on the finish as a result of this will probably be my final race for GB,” stated Weir after posting a time of 1 hour, 33 minutes and 27 seconds.
“I am going to nonetheless do the foremost marathons, I nonetheless get pleasure from doing them, nevertheless it’ll be my final worldwide. My physique simply could not deal with it at present. It is an age factor, I used to be the oldest within the discipline.
“I’m nonetheless extremely aggressive and nonetheless attempting to beat Daniel (Romanchuk, 26-year-old American athlete who completed fourth) who’s half my age, I might be his dad! I am nonetheless doing all proper. I gave it my all at present.”
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