Czech javelin legend Jan Zelezny retires

Czech javelin legend Jan Zelezny (40) has ended his amazing career a few days earlier than originally planned. A painful Achilles has forced Zelezny to withdraw from what would have been his final ever meeting at Yokohama on Sunday. The three-time Olympic and world champion holds the world record of 98.48 meters in the Javelin. On Tuesday, Zelezny said good-bye to the sport he loves in his birthplace of Mlada Boleslav. "I began my career here and I always wanted to end it here," said Zelezny, speaking on the sidelines of an athletics exhibition event held in his honour in Mlada Boleslav. Zelezny made a final throw of 82.19m. A member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Zelezny is set to devote the rest of his career to coaching and is undertaking a training course in Prague.