Overview
- Gemili, who announced his retirement on Monday, confirmed a part-time role coaching speed in Chelsea’s academy.
- He has worked since October with the club’s under-13 and under-14 squads at Cobham, teaching acceleration and sprint technique.
- His 15-year career featured 4x100m world gold in 2017 and four European titles, and he became the first British man to break 10 seconds for 100m and 20 for 200m.
- He competed at three Olympics and missed 200m bronze at Rio 2016 by 0.003 seconds, a razor-thin margin he has reflected on in retirement.
- He plans to launch a sprinting academy and explore media work to share his experience with young athletes and footballers.