Three-time Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock is coming out of retirement to target a place at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
The 32-year-old, who is the most successful British gymnast in history, had initially announced that the 2024 Paris Games would be his last.
However, Whitlock says his career felt “unfinished” after missing out on a place on the podium in the French capital.
“I’m back,” he said on The One Show. “It feels unbelievable. I’m officially back, I’m a gymnast again, and that feels crazy.
“Something was itching away at me constantly, it has been for the last year, it doesn’t sit right, it feels unfinished, incomplete.
“I feel like I’ve got an opportunity in front of me, and I’ll never get this again. So I’m going back in, a three-year stint, I want to make it to my fifth Olympic Games.
“I know it’s a dangerous game to play, but I want to finish it on a high, I want to rewrite the end of my career.
“I would rather take the risk of taking that opportunity, rather than not taking the risk, because I think that’s something that fast forward 10, 15 years, I’ll look back and think that’s something I regret.
“I really want to push it further than I ever have before.”
