Ex-Oly champ Pearson retires

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SYDNEY, Aug 6, (AP): A day short of her seventh anniversary as an Olympic champion, Sally Pearson revealed she finally got the message her body has been delivering with increasing regularity.

The 32-year-old Australian, who won the 100-meter hurdles gold medal at London in 2012 in an Olympic record time despite the rain, has retired from competitive track and field after a series of injuries too numerous to mention – at least to the public, anyway.

She won’t be going to world championships next month in Doha to defend her title. She won’t be going to the Olympics next year in Tokyo, either.