End of the line for Maletroit

The 22-year-old, who won seven medals at the Island Games in Aland this year, has been competing in the sport since the age of seven and was last year crowned British Universities’ three-piece apparatus champion.

However, having been training at Cardiff University with access to top facilities and coaching the Jersey Gymnastics Club member recently returned to the Island, taking up the post of Attorney General’s assistant, and can no longer maintain training at the level needed to make the Delhi 2010 event.

He said: ‘It was an extremely tough decision, but I’ve decided to hang up my hand guards. I don’t need to explain how disappointed I am that I have had to stop merely because of a lack of facilities.’

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