Louis Smith retires from gymnastics aged 29

Louis Smith has announced his retirement from gymnastics at the age of 29.

Great Britain’s two-time Olympic silver medallist represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, also winning two bronze medals between 2008 and 2016.

He won three World Championship silver medals, two European golds and the 2006 Commonwealth Games pommel horse title.

Smith, who in December 2012 was appointed MBE for services to gymnastics, announced his retirement on ITV’s Lorraine and said: "Gym has given me everything. It gave me the tools necessary to channel my ADHD throughout my childhood, and as I grew up through the sport, I quickly found a purpose in life, and it has made me the person I am today.

"From a young age it became my dream to compete at an Olympic Games and represent Great Britain, so to have had the opportunity to do that on three separate occasions, and bring home four Olympic medals in the process, is something I will forever cherish and for which I am eternally grateful."