She conquered the pool — but it’s the praise from rivals that says the most about Ariarne Titmus, according to her proud father Steve.

Titmus, 25, made the shock announcement that she was retiring from swimming today.

“It’s a tough one, but one that I’m really happy with,” Titmus said on Instagram in a video accompanied with a statement, below.

“I’ve always loved swimming, but I guess I’ve taken this time away from the sport and realised some things in my life that have always been important to me are just a little bit more important to me now than swimming.”

With four Olympic gold medals, eight in total and four world titles, the Australian superstar walks away from the sport with a staggering 33 international medals and the 200m freestyle world record.

That decision came 12 months a

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