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Ash Barty retiring: Shock injuries to deadly diseases, 6 sports stars that retired too young

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Ashleigh Barty announced a stunning retirement at the age of just 35, the sporting world is reminded of the stars that dropped out of the sport too early.Barty explained she no longer has the motivation to carry on succeeding in the sport, despite her huge career earnings and 114 consecutive weeks on top of the women's tennis rankings.She said: "I don’t have the physical drive, the emotional want and everything it takes to challenge yourself at the very top of the level anymore.

I am spent."At 25, she isn't the only sports star to bow out at an early age and it isn't always exhaustion that is the cause.A whole range of sporting stars have cut their careers short or been forced to retire early due to injury, health problems, or even drug rumours.Florence Griffith Joyner, or 'Flo-Jo', was one of the most impressive sprinters ever to grace the world of athletics.She shot to gold glory at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m while competing for Team USA.Her career saw a dramatic improvement in the build-up to the Olympics where she found so much success, with the sprinter becoming the first woman to run the 100m in 10.49 seconds in a world record that has never been beaten.When she achieved the record, the TV commentator said: "That cannot be, no one can run that fast ….

10.49 is just incredible."She also continues to hold the women's 200m record with a time of 21.34.However, her career was marred by allegations that she used performance-enhancing drugs and she retired from the sport only a year after her Seoul success, aged just 29.She said of the allegations: "I know exactly what people are saying about me...

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