Sally Pearson has stood down from the Athletics Australia board to focus all her attention on chasing a second Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
The 2012 Olympic 100m hurdles gold medallist and dual world champion is on the verge of returning to competition for the first time since pulling out of last year's Gold Coast Commonwealth Games due to a Achilles tendon injury.
"I had to be selfish and my priority, physically and mentally, had to be all about Tokyo," said the 32-year-old Pearson of her decision to step aside as an AA director after just six months in the role.
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