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Former world, European and Commonwealth 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene has retired from competitive athletics at the age of 38.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Welshman has already been involved in mentoring other athletes and said his next step is coaching.<\/p>\n
Greene enjoyed great success in both 400m hurdles and 400m, with an Olympic title the only thing missing from an impressive track career.<\/p>\n
The pinnacle was 400m hurdles gold at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, having helped Great Britain claim 4x400m relay silver two years earlier in Berlin.<\/p>\n
In 2010 Greene claimed both the European and Commonwealth crowns, triumphing for Team GB in Barcelona before winning gold for Wales in Delhi.<\/p>\n
But a string of injury problems meant Greene was never quite able to return to those heights.<\/p>\n
In 2018, he admitted he had been left “bitter and frustrated” after surgery to repair a minor hernia meant he lost five years of his career due to complications with a hernia mesh.<\/a><\/p>\n “Despite my best efforts over the past few years, I have been unable to participate in one more competitive season in the sport,” Greene wrote on social media.<\/p>\n “The arrival of my daughter in December prompted my decision to stop trying to return to competition.<\/p>\n “My career can be seen as having two halves. By the age of 25 I had won everything in the sport except for the Olympics, yet I feel I never truly fulfilled my potential.<\/p>\n “The years between 2013 and 2016 should have been dedicated to honing my skills and maximising my talent, but a routine surgery gone wrong derailed those dreams.<\/p>\n “Subsequent corrective surgeries meant I was never able to return to my peak performance, though I occasionally caught glimpses of the athlete I once was.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n