Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has announced his retirement from triathlon at the age of 36. Brownlee won gold medals in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. His younger brother, Jonny, made the podium on both occasions. Alistair Brownlee was also world champion in 2009 and 2011 and a four-time European champion.
FILE -Britain’s Alistair Brownlee, poses for the media with his gold medal for winning the men’s ITU World Championship Series Triathlon race in London , Aug., 7, 2011. Brownlee won gold medals in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016, with his younger brother, Jonny, making the podium on both occasions. The siblings’ exploits helped to push triathlon into the mainstream in Britain, with current Olympic championHe wrote on X it was “time to close this chapter.
“This marks my transition from professional triathlon, a moment approached with both dread and excitement in equal measure,” he wrote.But he knew his time as an elite triathlete was over.published on the website of Britain’s Olympic team. “I can’t do anywhere near the training that I used to be able to do. So I also found it hard at times being on the start line, knowing that I’m not prepared to the level that I’d like to be.
“And I’m older, I’m 36. I’ve done it for a long time and there’s a lot of other things I want to do with my life.”
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