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Olympic cycling champion Katy Marchant announces retirement

Original: Olympic champion Marchant retires from cycling

British Olympic cycling champion Katy Marchant has announced her retirement from the sport. Marchant, who won gold as part of Great Britain's team sprint squad at the Rio 2016 Olympics, was among the country's leading track sprinters. The announcement closes a career spanning more than a decade at the top of British cycling.

Why now: The retirement of a prominent Olympic gold medallist naturally draws attention from cycling fans and the wider sporting world.

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• Olympic champion Marchant retires from cycling · Reuters
• Olympic champion Marchant retires from cycling · bbc.com

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