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Olympic speedskater Christine Nesbitt announces her retirement

Christine Nesbitt
Christine Nesbitt of Canada seen competing in the women's 1,000-metre event during the 2013 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Sochi on March 23, 2013. YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images

CALGARY – Olympic speedskating champion Christine Nesbitt has announced her retirement.

Nesbitt won gold in the 1,000 metres at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

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A left-leg injury slowed her down four years later in Sochi, Russia, where she finished ninth.

The 30-year-old from London, Ont., sat this past season out to rehabilitate the injury.

Nesbitt is a three-time world champion in the 1,000 metres.

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