Alys Thomas<\/strong> – the 2018 Commonwealth 200 fly champion – has called time on her career on the advice of medical professionals due to an ongoing wrist injury that she first sustained before the 2010 Games in Delhi.<\/p>\n Over an international career spanning 12 years, Thomas represented Wales at four Commonwealth Games and reached World Championship and Olympic finals with Great Britain.<\/p>\n She reached the Commonwealth pinnacle on Gold Coast four years ago when she won the four-length fly in a Games mark of 2:05.45, a record that comfortably survived at Birmingham 2022 where Australia’s Elizabeth Dekkers<\/strong> won in 2:07.26.<\/a><\/p>\n With victory, Thomas become only the fourth Welsh woman in history to claim Commonwealth gold in the pool.<\/p>\n Thomas also swam the fly leg as Wales claimed bronze behind Australia and Canada in the women’s 4×100 medley relay, pipping England to third.<\/p>\n Later that year, Thomas claimed double bronze with Britain at the European Championships in Glasgow.<\/p>\n She was fifth in the 200 fly at the 2019 World Championships<\/a> – 0.44 off the podium – and was eighth with the medley relay.<\/p>\n