Two-time taekwondo world champion Sarah Stevenson introduced her retirement on today in 2013.
The announcement dropped at an finish a glittering profession that noticed her win two gold medals on the World Championships and 4 on the European Championships.
She additionally claimed Britain’s first ever Olympic medal in taekwondo on the 2008 Beijing Olympics, however was on the centre of controversy after interesting in opposition to a contentious ruling throughout her quarter-final loss to China’s Chen Zhong.
The enchantment was profitable which means Stevenson was awarded a spot within the semi-finals and he or she went on to take bronze.
Stevenson’s first taekwondo world title got here in 2001, and he or she earned her second a decade later in emotional circumstances as each her dad and mom have been critically sick.
Her dad and mom died later that 12 months and her profession may have been derailed after struggling a critical knee harm, however she recovered in time to compete in her fourth Olympics at London 2012.
She didn’t progress past the primary spherical and, having not fought since then, reached the choice to retire and take up a job as a high-performance coach with GB Taekwondo.
Sarah Stevenson, in crimson, gained two world titles throughout her profession (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Stevenson, then aged 30, stated: “It has been a tough resolution and it has been an extended course of however I feel in simply stepping away from the game and having a break, ready to seeing if I’m going to overlook it or not – I realised I didn’t miss it.
“I didn’t really feel in my coronary heart that I needed to compete once more.
“I don’t actually do something half-hearted and I feel it could be a mistake for me to proceed if my coronary heart isn’t in it.
“However I’ve no regrets and it feels good to say that. I’m 100 per cent pleased with my resolution.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
