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By Syndicated Content
Jun 9, 2021 | 11:26 PM
(Reuters) – New Zealand’s double Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale announced his retirement from the sport on Thursday after the 42-year-old missed out on selection for the Tokyo Games.
Drysdale won a bronze at Beijing in single sculls before claiming back-to-back golds at London and Rio de Janeiro and is a five-times world champion in the event.
He had been bidding to compete at a fifth Games but lost out in the single sculls to Jordan Parry and withdrew from the elite eight squad.
“The fairy tale of finishing my career with a fourth medal at my fifth Olympics is not meant to be!” Drysdale said in a statement http://www.mahe.kiwi/newsarticle/104457?newsfeedId=649361.