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Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, retires from elite swimming

Australian swimmer Emma McKeon
Emma McKeon has retired from competitive swimming, saying she is ‘proud’ to have enjoyed such a glittering career. Photograph: Jason McCawley/Getty Images

Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, has announced her retirement from competitive swimming, bringing to a close a glittering career during which she won 14 Olympic medals, including six golds.

The 30-year-old, who revealed this year that the Paris Games would be her last Olympics, said she had given her all throughout her career and was proud of her successes in the pool.

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