Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus announces retirement from swimming

<ul><li><p>Titmus first Australian since Dawn Fraser in 1964 to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event</p></li><li><p>Swimming great steps away as the current 200m freestyle world record-holder</p></li></ul><p>Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has announced her shock retirement from swimming, saying the seed was sewn by her cancer scare before the Paris Games.</p><p>The 25-year-old, who grew up in Tasmania, will retire as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-2024-australia-swimming-ariarne-titmus-gold-rush-400m-freestyle">one of the greatest distance swimmers of all time</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/16/ariarne-titmus-announces-retirement-retires-swimming">Continue reading...</a>