Retirements
- Kim Collins, 100 m gold medallist at the 2003 World Championships. (returned to competition in 2010)
- Stacy Dragila, Olympic gold medallist, two-time World Champion, and former world record holder in the pole vault.
- Yulia Pechonkina, 2005 World Champion in the 400 m hurdles, and current world record holder.
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