Stephanie Rice to retire from competitive swimming after London Olympics
It has been recently revealed that the three-times Olympic gold medalist, Stephanie Rice, is going to retire after the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The start of 23-year-old swimming champion’s victories took place in the year 2006 which saw her go to the top of the Commonwealth Games by earning herself the gold medal.
Rice commented on her decision to retire from professional swimming in the following words: "I'm just making sure I dot all the i's and cross all the t's now so I don't have regrets later on. I really wouldn't want to say I've quit or will quit after this
because you never know what will happen in time, but I don't see myself swimming for another four years. Swimming requires so much commitment and dedication and I know if I'm not giving 100 per cent to it I'm not going to get the results I want and I don't
see the point in doing something half-heartedly."
In order to make her retirement fulfilling, Rice is already laying down plans for her future. For this purpose, Rice has launched the Steph’s Swim Squad today. This program is being launched through the Sun Rice Foods Facebook page. This program is going
to be an online training program that will also provide coaching facilities to individuals who want to take up swimming professionally. Through this program Rice will be providing mentoring to a total of 10 aspiring swimmers for one complete year. However,
it is not definite whether Rice would take up coaching full time after her retirement from professional swimming.
Rice suffered an injury to her shoulder in 2010 because of which she had to undergo surgery. Earlier this year, Rice participated in the world championships that took place in Shanghai but could win the top position and ended up with a bronze medal instead.
Rice is focusing all her energies in getting into shape for the Olympic Games next year that will be her last one. For this purpose, she is trying her best to overcome any obstacle that her shoulder surgery might pose in the Olympic Games
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