US Olympic track and field champions Jennifer Sur (pole vault) and Michelle Carter (shot put) have announced their retirement from professional sport.
“Soon I will be able to find the right words, but my heart and soul are definitely ready for the next stage of my life. Pole vaulting has given me everything I could ever wish for, I never dreamed of such a thing, Sur, 40, wrote on social media.
The American won gold at the 2012 Olympics, as well as silver at the 2008 Games. At competitions in London, she beat the Russian Elena Isinbayeva , which eventually became the third. Sur still holds the fastest indoor time (5.02m) recorded at the 2013 U.S. Nationals.
“This year is my 25th season and I can’t believe I’ve had such a long and wonderful career. But I feel like it’s time for me to move on. A bit bitter because that was part of my life,” Carter, 36, said in a video posted to social media.
Carter won the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Source : MatchTV
