Daily Times

Swimmer Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian and an eight-time world-record holder, retired from the sport on Monday aged 30. McKeon won 14 Olympic medals, six of them gold, over the Rio, Tokyo and Paris Games this summer. “Today I am officially retiring from competitive swimming,” she said on Instagram, along with a collage of clips showcasing her many career highlights. “Leading into Paris I knew it would be my last Olympics and the months since have given me time to reflect on my journey and think about what I wanted my future to look like in swimming,” she said. It was at the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021 that McKeon really made her name, winning an unsurpassed seven medals to join the all-time swimming greats. Her four gold and three bronze bettered the six won by East German Kristin Otto (1952) and American Natalie Coughlin (2008).