Ashley Twichell, the oldest American swimmer since 1908 to make her Olympic debut, wins gold in the 10km open water swim at the Pan American Games. She is excited to return to the United States and her infant son, and is planning a family trip to Paris. Twichell had initially planned to retire after the Tokyo Olympics but has put retirement on hold and aims to make the U.S. Paris Olympic team.
Watch onSANTIAGO - As excited as Ashley Twichell was about winning Pan American Games gold in the 10 kilometre open water swim she was no less delighted to get back to the United States and her infant son on Monday and planning a family trip to Paris.
"Tokyo I definitely expected that to be the end of my career," Twichell, who finished seventh in Tokyo, told Reuters."It was a tough lead up to Tokyo having the Games delayed a year by COVID and I just felt like I was kind of physically and mentally done and was excited to start a family. It led the 34-year-old back to the Pan Am Games, where 12 years earlier in Guadalajara she had won a bronze medal in the 800m freestyle, and another battle with Cunha.
"Training is kind of a mix to sticking with what I have developed over the past year and it is also uncharted territory for sure being a mom now my son takes priority.
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