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Weir retires from Great Britain competition
Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir retires from GB competition after finishing fifth in the marathon in Paris.
BBC News
David Russell Weir is a British Paralympic wheelchair athlete. He has won a total of six gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, and has won the London Marathon on eight occasions. He was born with a spinal cord transection that left him unable to use his legs.
Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir retires from GB competition after finishing fifth in the marathon in Paris.