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The Hollywood couple of track and field, Olympic medallists Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, have announced their retirement, admitting they had "lost" their passion to continue competing.

Ashton bows out having defended his Olympic decathlon title at the Rio Olympics last year, while Brianne won heptathlon bronze, adding to her two World Championship silvers and World Indoor pentathlon gold.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Nick Marshall-McCormack has caught up with the couple to discuss their reasons for retiring, but first the dramatic moment a few years ago when a routine javelin practice went horribly wrong...

Picture: Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton. Credit: Getty Images.