Auckland, Mar 1 (AP) Two-time Olympic women's shot put champion Valerie Adams has retired at the age of 37-years-old.

New Zealand's Adams was the Olympic champion in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, won silver in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and claimed bronze in Tokyo last year.

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Adams won the silver medal at the London Games, but was promoted to gold after the initial Olympic champion - Belarusian Nadzeya Astapchuk - failed two drug tests, one a day before the final and the second on the day of the event.

Adams also became the first athlete to compete in five Olympic shot put finals.

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In addition to her Olympics medal haul, Adams won four World Championship golds, four world indoor titles and three Commonwealth Games golds.

She won a record 56 successive international competitions between 2010 and 2014. (AP)

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