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5th July 2018, 1:40 pm == SPRINT king Jonnie Peacock won gold medals in both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympics. He was  also appointed MBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics – and was strutting his stuff on the Strictly 2017 dancefloor until leaving the show in week nine. Getty Images Jonnie Peacock delighted the London crowds when he won Olympic gold at the 2012 Games What is Jonnie Peacock's background? Jonnie Peacock was born in Cambridge on May 28, 1993. At the age of five he contracted meningitis, which led to him having his right leg amputated below the knee. He originally wanted to play football, but his athletics prowess was soon discovered during his time at school. Getty Images Peacock has become a hugely popular figure in the world of athletics, competing in the 100m How has Jonnie Peacock's athletics career worked out? Jonnie Peacock set a new 100 metres world record in amputee sprinting in  June 2010 in the US when he ran an exceptiona...

13th June 2018, 7:32 am == OLYMPIC 2012 long-jump legend Greg Rutherford will retire at the end of the season after being crippled with injuries. The 31-year-old is desperate to be fit for the European Championships in Berlin in August before ending his 13-year career. Getty Images - Getty Greg Rutherford is desperate to be fit for the European Championships in Berlin in August The dedicated daddy has picked up so many injuries during his medal-laden career that it is a battle just to play with his two children. So he will hang up his spikes and ditch the sand in the summer but has been offered the chance to become a serious cyclist. Speaking to the Guardian, Rutherford said: “At times I am in so much pain I can’t even sit on the floor and play with my two kids. “I still feel I am fast. I still feel as if I am super strong. But whenever I try to sprint or jump I have to take three days off because I am limping so much. In the end it wears you down. Getty - Pool Greg Rutherford has c...