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Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> is planning to retire following the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The South African swimming star, who just took a bronze medal in the 100 breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games, revealed his plans on the Friday Profile show with Azania Mosaka<\/strong> on 702<\/a>, a radio station based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and what he has planned for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing 32 at the next Olympic Games I think I would like to call it a day. I have had a very wonderful career,\u201d van der Burgh told the station. \u201cI have had a rather fortuitous career. I think that I would rather end on my own terms and end up as best as I can. I have a lot of other dreams and other aspirations in my life. I owe so much to swimming but I don’t want that to be what defines the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is preparing for life out of the water, something that is a tough adjustment to many swimmers, especially those who have been swimming since they were young children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proactively doing a lot of things and I am just a big advocate for swimmers to always prepare for life after sport,\u201d he told the station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"