British Olympian Rebecca Cooke Retires

quarta-feira, 16 de abril de 2008

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, April 16. ACCORDING to a release sent out by British Swimming, the country's top-ranked distance freestyle swimmer, Rebecca Cooke, has called it a career at the age of 24.

Here is British Swimming's release:

The distance swimmer, who took freestyle bronze medals at both World & European Championships in 2006, as well as winning a gold at the Commonwealth Games in the same year, has taken the decision to step down after missing out on the opportunity to compete in Beijing with the British team in August.

"I was disappointed not to make the team for the Olympics this year as that was my one remaining goal," said Rebecca. "This has brought forward my retirement by a few months as I had already resolved that I would make the change after Beijing."

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