FILE: Gold medallist Canada's Maggie Mac Neil poses during the medal presentation ceremony for the women's 100m butterfly swimming event at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, on day two of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on July 30, 2022.Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images

Canadian Olympic swimming champ Maggie Mac Neil, 24, announces retirement

The 24-year-old from London, Ontario, earned a complete set of medals in Tokyo after helping relay teams to silver and bronze medals

· National Post

Canadian Olympic swimming champion Maggie Mac Neil is retiring.

The gold medalist in the women’s 100-meter butterfly at Tokyo’s Summer Games in 2021 announced the move on social media Thursday in a post that included a photo of her swimming as a child.

“The little girl above would have never dreamed this is where her love of swimming would take her,” Mac Neil wrote. “I am so grateful for all the memories, people, and places I have gotten to experience just through swimming.

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