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I was thinking about the next phase of my life, and then getting a knee injury, it&#8217;s a barrier I just wasn&#8217;t willing to jump over at this stage, with the surgery and rehab to get back to fitness.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have achieved everything I thought I was capable of and more. I would be undergoing surgery and then having six weeks of recovery, and it was all a bit too much after having achieved everything I wanted to.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The highlight of my career for me has to be competing in a semi-final at the Olympic Games. It&#8217;s weird, because when you&#8217;re in the bubble of it, you don&#8217;t really realise what you&#8217;ve done &#8211; and then it&#8217;s only afterwards, when you take a step back and take a look at everything you&#8217;ve done that you actually realise, and I\u2019m really proud of myself.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;d told 10-year-old me that I&#8217;d have done all that I have, I&#8217;d never have believed you!&#8221;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A seven-time British Championship medallist, Vasey has spent the bulk of her senior career working with <strong>Mel Marshall,<\/strong> firstly at the <strong>City of Derby<\/strong> and, since 2016, at British Swimming&#8217;s <strong>Loughborough Performance Centre<\/strong>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old paid tribute to Marshall and all those who were instrumental in her career, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve honestly loved every minute of it. 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