Ellie Downie retires to 'prioritise mental health and happiness'

Ellie Downie has 4 younker Olympic medals

Britain's Ellie Downie has retired from gymnastics astatine the property of 23 to prioritise her "mental wellness and happiness".

She said she made the determination with a "heavy bosom and an array of emotions".

"After a truly pugnacious past fewer years I've made the determination to prioritise my intelligence wellness and happiness," Downie said.

"Gymnastics has been my beingness for arsenic agelong arsenic I tin retrieve and I americium arrogant of everything I was fortunate capable to achieve.

"Competing and winning medals for Great Britain has meant everything and much to maine and I'll miss it enormously."

In 2020, Downie and her sister, Becky, said abusive behaviour successful gymnastics was "ingrained" and "completely normalised".

Last year, the Whyte review recovered systemic maltreatment successful the athletics successful Britain.