Wiggins no longer putting oar into rowing

Five-time Olympic champion cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins says he has shelved an attempt to make the Great Britain rowing team at the 2020 Olympics.

Bradley Wiggins

Olympic cycling champion Bradley Wiggins has scrapped plans to row for Great Britain at Tokyo 2020. (AAP)

Five-time Olympic champion cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins has abandoned an ambitious plan to row for Great Britain at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The 2012 Tour de France winner retired from cycling in December 2016 and flirted with the idea of rowing competitively, taking part in last December's British Rowing Indoor Championships at the Lee Valley Velodrome.

"I'm still training most days with it, but I've decided I'm not going to the Olympics because I've got too much other stuff to do," the 38-year-old said.

"I need to give myself a break. I haven't got time to train three times a day. To the level I want to do it to, it's a full-time job in itself. There's too much going on."


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