Canadian multi-sport athlete Georgia Simmerling retires after 4 Olympic Games
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Canadian multi-sport athlete Georgia Simmerling has announced her retirement from professional sport.
The Vancouver, B.C., native — who in 2016 became Canada's first Olympian to compete in three different sports across three different Games — is capping her brilliant career after a fourth and final appearance at the Tokyo Games.
Along with her fellow cyclists, Simmerling earned a fourth-place finish in the women's team pursuit while breaking the Canadian record at the velodrome in Japan.
"I am thrilled to end my career on such a strong note," she said in a media release.
"I personally left the Tokyo Games feeling very satisfied with how I rode and had absolutely no regrets. I felt ready to close this chapter of my life and move on to new adventures; I am thrilled to announce my retirement from sport and share what I have been working on. All I can say for now is it's time to invest in women's sports, and I'm looking forward to being part of the change."
Simmerling, 32, first competed as an alpine skier at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
A transition to ski cross would see the Canadian go on to earn 13 World Cup podiums and book a ticket to Sochi 2014, where she made the 1/8 finals.