She is Britainรขโฌโขs most successful swimmer with a haul that included two Olympic gold medals and two bronzes, two World Championship titles, four Commonwealth Games medals and three European, as well as the world record for 800 metres freestyle, which she set at Beijing.
But she he has barely looked back after quitting and came to terms with the end of her career as an athlete almost immediately.
She said: รขโฌลIt took me a day. You think Iรขโฌโขm joking, Iรขโฌโขm not at all. I just was so ready. Thereรขโฌโขs not one per cent of me that wishes I was in the pool. I have no regrets. I was ready and I really am very lucky it was 100 per cent me saying รขโฌหno, Iรขโฌโขm doneรขโฌโข.
รขโฌลI just didnรขโฌโขt enjoy the racing any more.
รขโฌลI donรขโฌโขt love the competition, I am not competitive so I guess that is why I donรขโฌโขt miss that element one bit,
รขโฌลI much preferred the training, which in swimming is 99 per cent of the sport.
รขโฌลIf anything I miss the training, not the competing.รขโฌย
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