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Sarah Storey announces retirement after record-breaking Paralympic career
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Sarah Storey announces retirement after record-breaking Paralympic career
Britain’s most successful Paralympian, Dame Sarah Storey, has announced her retirement from elite competition at age 48.
- Storey announced her retirement, saying: “It’s always about leaving something better than you found it.”
- She won 74 world and Paralympic medals across swimming and cycling over nine Games.
- Storey made her Paralympic debut as a 14-year-old swimmer in 1992 and switched to cycling in 2005 after a persistent ear infection.
- She said she plans to focus on her roles as travel commissioner of Manchester and chair of Lancashire Cricket, and advocate for greater investment in Paralympic sport.
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