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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jeremy Whittle

Multiple Olympic and world champion cyclist Katie Archibald retires to become nurse

Katie Archibald stands beside a black track bike at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester.
Katie Archibald: ‘The draw of the real world has been pulling me for a while, but I’ve been too scared to leave the world I know and love.’ Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

Katie Archibald, the Scottish track cyclist who won gold medals at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics, has announced her retirement with immediate effect.

The decision means the 32-year-old, who also won multiple world, European and Commonwealth titles, will not compete in the summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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