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South African Olympic Finalist Brad Tandy Announces Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brad Tandy,<\/strong> a two-time Olympian from South Africa, declared his retirement this weekend at the South African Swimming Championships.<\/p>\n

Tandy, 30, swam the 50 free at the meet in Gqeberha, just over a week after taking part in the TYR Pro Swim Series in San Francisco. He finished second in the race to 17-year-old Pieter Coetzee,<\/strong> clocking in at 22.49.<\/p>\n

For one of the last generation\u2019s stars of South African swimming, it served as a passing of the torch to a rising star.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s time for the next chapter of my life,\u201d Tandy told Swimming South Africa after the swim<\/a>. \u201cTo be honest, the little boy from Ladysmith, what I have achieved has surpassed all goals I set out. I could have retired happy after winning my first national championships. I\u2019ve just been blessed and blessed in the sport but I just feel like all the stars are aligning, I\u2019m getting married, job, right age \u2013 it feels good. There are some great up and coming swimming so I\u2019m leaving it in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tandy finished sixth in the men\u2019s 50 freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympics<\/a>, the swim for which he is best known. A hyper specialist sprinter in the 50, he won a bronze medal at the 2018 Short-Course World Championships in Hangzhou and a silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He added medley relay bronze at the latter. Tandy won two relay golds and bronze in the 50 at the 2019 African Games.<\/p>\n

Tandy qualified for his second Olympics in 2021, tying for 24th in the 50 free in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Tandy has settled in Arizona, where he was a star at the University of Arizona<\/a> after two years at Indian River Junior College in Florida. A four-time All-American for the Wildcats, he won the NCAA title in the 50 free in 2014<\/a>, in a tie with Kristian Gkolomeev<\/strong>, and the Pac-12 title in the event in 2015.<\/p>\n

Tandy was pleased to get a farewell closer to his native Ladysmith.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s quite an emotional one for me,\u201d he said. \u201cThey always say the starting is the hard part, but they don\u2019t really give you a heads up on the finishing. I was going to be happy with whatever I swam, just to be back here in South Africa, seeing the crowd. I didn\u2019t win it, but I still got the applause \u2026 it means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"