Breaking: Caeleb Dressel’s Favorite Rival Kyle Chalmers Announces Possible ‘Olympics’ Retirement Date From Swimming to Start Next Chapter of Life

In a move that has now sent ripples across the swimming world, one talented swimmer has teased about hanging up his goggles. Australian swim sensation Kyle Chalmers has been making waves off the pool with a possible Olympics retirement date according to a host of recent reports. If Chalmers does decide to follow through on his announcement, it will come as a huge shock for most swim fans, especially given his young age. However, his one competitor who might miss Chalmers more than others is Caeleb Dressel. The Australian and American have been going at each other for years now, with their latest duel coming at the Tokyo Olympics where Dressel bested Chalmers.

However, despite the loss in Tokyo, Chalmers himself has a number of accolades. The Olympic sprint king has won multiple coveted awards, including Olympic gold medals, World Championship medals, and Commonwealth Games medals. Despite the wins and his young age, Chalmers’ retirement rumors did not make sense to his fans and now Chalmers himself has clarified his recent comments in a social media post.

Kyle Chalmers clarifies his swimming retirement comments

Recently the swimming world was full of reports that indicated that Kyle Chalmers has announced his retirement from the sport. If reports are to be believed, the Australian swimmer announced that he will retire from the sport after next year’s Paris Olympics. Fans were left disappointed as these reports surfaced just one week after the Aussie swimmer sprinted to victory in the 100m freestyle at the recent World Championships in Japan.

Some news outlets reported that Chalmers considers himself old despite being only 25 years of age and even quoted Chalmers as saying “It will be the last Olympics for definitely me … I’ll be 26. Even this year, being in the marshalling room before the race, I was the oldest by quite a few years. There were a few born in 2002, 2003, one of the Romanian boys just turned 18.” However, the Olympian is quite affected by these retirement rumors and he took to his Instagram to clarify his recent comments that he believes were blown out of proportion.

In an Instagram post, the swimmer revealed that his recent quotes are being taken out of context. What he meant by his statement was that next year’s Olympic Games will probably be his last Summer Games. However, Chalmer is still looking to compete in the upcoming World Championships Shortcourse in 2024, World Championships Longcourse in 2025, Commonwealth Games in 2026, and a number of other coveted cups.

A part of the swimmer’s Instagram caption read, “But yes Paris will be my third and most likely last Olympic Games. 2028 is a very long way away, but who knows, if the body and the mind hold up maybe I’ll even be in Brisbane in 2032.” The Australian is still only 25 years young and has an impressive CV for his already young career in the sport.

Kyle Chalmers’ impressive pool record

Chalmers was only 18 when he won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In fact, before the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships, Chalmers had never secured a podium finish despite appearing at four World Championships. However, that all changed and now the talented swimmer has an Olympic gold, Commonwealth Games gold, world short course gold, and world championships gold safely secured in his trophy cabinet. If that wasn’t enough for Chalmers, he also plays soccer every now and then. A sport he loves due to his father playing in the Australian League.

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As Chalmers prepares to embark on his final lap for next year’s Olympics, the swimming world would surely be disappointed if such a young swimmer decides to retire from the biggest sporting stage. However, the chance to still witness him sprint in other elite competitions will definitely put a smile on his fans who are rooting for their iconic swimming hero.

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