Athletics: Runner Sanders announces retirement
Tuesday 28 October 2014 14:12, UK
Former World Championship silver medallist Nicola Sanders has announced her retirement from athletics.
The 400-metre runner, whose finest achievement was winning silver behind Great Britain team-mate Christine Ohuruogu in Osaka in 2007, has barely competed over the past two years because of injury.
Sanders, 32, announced on Twitter: "I've had a brilliant time during my athletics career through all the ups and downs but the time had come to hang up my spikes!"
The athlete’s time in the Osaka final of 49.65 seconds is ranked fourth on the British all-time list.
Sanders, who also won a host of relay medals, also holds the British indoor 400m record, setting her time of 50.02secs in winning European indoor gold in 2007 in Birmingham.
She missed out on the London Olympics in 2012 due to injury and has called time on her career having not competed at all this year.
