﻿{"id":527898,"date":"2023-04-23T11:10:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T18:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=527898"},"modified":"2023-04-23T11:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T18:10:24","slug":"heart-just-isnt-in-it-australian-kai-edwards-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/heart-just-isnt-in-it-australian-kai-edwards-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heart Just Isn\u2019t In It\u2019: Australian Kai Edwards Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018Heart Just Isn\u2019t In It\u2019: Australian Kai Edwards Announces Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian Olympic open water swimmer <strong>Kai Edwards<\/strong> announced his retirement this week, saying \u201cmy heart just isn\u2019t in being a competitive swimmer anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edwards posted his decision to Instagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CrP2oJDLl3H\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by KAI EDWARDS (@kaiedwards)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From his post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I have loved being apart of the Australian dolphin swimming team and will cherish the opportunities, memories and friendships the sport has given me. Retiring was a difficult decision but the right one as my heart just isn\u2019t in being a competitive swimmer anymore. I\u2019ve been extremely blessed with the amount of support I\u2019ve received from my friends, family and swimming Australia over the years. I\u2019m proud of everything I\u2019ve achieved and cant wait to start the next chapter in my life<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Edwards, 24, is a native of Queensland who swam at Carlile Swim Club. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/last-man-standing-aussie-kai-edwards-olympic-open-water-journey-to-tokyo-a-marathon-to-savor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He qualified for the 10-kilometer swim at the Tokyo Olympics<\/a>, finishing 12th. He also represented Australia at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, finishing 14th in the 10k and fifth in the 25k. He did not qualify for the 2022 World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards spoke to the <em>Sydney Morning Herald<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/swimming\/why-swimming-85-kilometres-a-week-isn-t-enough-for-this-olympic-hopeful-20230124-p5cey3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in January about his struggles<\/a> after the Tokyo Olympics, to get motivated to get back in the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really struggled after the Olympics with my mental health,\u201d Edwards told the paper. \u201cWhen my coach <strong>Chris Nesbit<\/strong> moved to Carlile, by the time I had got out of quarantine, I didn\u2019t know if I wanted to go back to swimming or not. As I got my head right, the fire in the belly started to come back more and more. I can remember watching nationals and I wasn\u2019t there. I thought, \u2018I\u2019ve got to be at the next one\u2019. It got me all fired up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the comments on his retirement post was this from Olympic gold medalist <strong>Gregorio Paltrinieri:<\/strong> \u201cStill the best fighter world of swimming has ever seen.\u201d These days, Edwards is devoting more of his energy to fighting, as in jiu jitsu, having posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CqhmNKtDEzn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about starting competitions in the Brazilian martial art<\/a>. 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