Cycling-British track sprinter Carlin announces retirement


Paris 2024 Olympics - Track Cycling - Men's Sprint, Qualifying - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France - August 07, 2024. Jack Carlin of Britain in action. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's four-times Olympic track cycling medallist Jack Carlin announced his retirement on Wednesday saying he could no longer give 100% to the sport after a decade of near misses.

The 28-year-old Scottish sprinter took home a bronze and a silver from the Paris Olympics as he did at the Tokyo Games and also was a three-times world championship silver medallist.

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