Brent Hayden Chooses Life Outside of the Pool in 2nd Career Retirement

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Brent Hayden is a 4x Olympian for and Olympic bronze medalist for Canada. He is the most decorated sprinter in Canadian history and recently announced his 2nd retirement, having retired once in 2012 and then come back 7 years later in 2019. Hayden explains that coming off of the Tokyo Olympics, he had wanted to keep swimming and pursue his 5th Olympic bid for the Paris 2024 Games. However, managing training at the level he needed to as well as the things he wanted to do outside of swimming proved too much this time around, ultimately leading to the world champion stepping away from the pool.

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Miss M
2 years ago

So sad to have seen the last of BH in the pool, but love that he leaves on his terms having achIeved all he wanted to in the sport. That 47.99 was so very good! As an Aussie, I’m almost sad we beat out Canada for bronze.

HJones
Reply to  Miss M
2 years ago

If Santo didn’t ditch Canda you might’ve gotten that bronze.

Mike
Reply to  Miss M
2 years ago

What makes me a little bit sad that 3:10.8 almost wins a medal every year. That was a fast relay for the Canadians.

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Coleman Hodges

Coleman started his journey in the water at age 1, and although he actually has no memory of that, something must have stuck. A Missouri native, he joined the Columbia Swim Club at age 9, where he is still remembered for his stylish dragon swim trunks. After giving up on …

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