Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Five-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin has announced she is retiring from swimming. The 23-year-old athlete’s announcement was published in an article on the ESPN website.
In her statement, Franklin discussed the difficulty she faced in making the decision to retire from swimming professionally.
“It took me a long time to say the words, ‘I am retiring,” wrote Franklin, a two-time FINA World Swimmer of the Year. “A long, long time. But now I’m ready. I’m ready not to be in pain every day. I’m ready to become a wife, one day
