Australian Olympic champ Rice retires
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AUSTRALIA’S triple Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Rice announced her retirement from competitive swimming at age 25 yesterday.
Rice had a stunning Olympic debut at Beijing’s Water Cube in 2008, winning the 200 and 400 meters individual medley titles as well as gold in the 4x200 freestyle relay, all in world-record times.
She struggled with a shoulder injury heading into the 2012 London Olympics, where her failure to win a medal contributed to a disappointing Games for Australia.
She has not raced competitively since and yesterday announced on her website that she would not be returning to the pool.
“I knew that I really had to take the time for myself to get to the point where I knew 100 percent what I wanted to do,” Rice said.
Rice hit the headlines as a 19-year-old when she set world records at the 2008 national trials in the lead up to Beijing, and her relationship with fellow swimmer Eamon Sullivan ensured she was a fixture in gossip magazines.
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