Derval O’Rourke: Retirement was like I was dead

Former Olympian Derval O’Rourke has said that people treated her like she had died when she retired from running.

The record-breaking track star made the revelation in rugby player Tommy Bowe’s new documentary, The End Game, which tracks the last five months of his career to his retirement at the start of the summer.

It shows Bowe deciding to quit at the top of his game, at the age of 34, after speaking to top athletes about their own departures.