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In an age of longevity, a champion shows courage in walking away at 25
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The great Australian Ariarne Titmus (left), who defeated Katie Ledecky (right) in the 400m freestyle at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, has retired.
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Sport is an exercise in measuring the appetite of humans. Every week we’re madly tabulating who has the most goals, most weeks at No. 1, most Majors won, most money earned. We marvel at Michael Phelps’ 23 Olympic golds and how a rising Cristiano Ronaldo is still disputing Newton’s law of gravity at 40.
We’ve made a virtue out of longevity and no one wants to retire, not even boxers with concussion. There’s always one more fight, one more chance, one more pay day, one more chanting stadium. Who wants to live in the silence?
