South Africa's Roland Schoeman celebrates after winning the Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 7. Backpagepix
South Africa’s Roland Schoeman dropped a hint of a possible retirement from swimming after he finished sixth in the final of the men’s 50m freestyle on Tuesday.
Schoeman recorded a time of 22.36 in his final swim of the Commonwealth Games, while fellow countryman Brad Tandy finished a position below him in seventh.
The 34-year-old, who won two silver medals in this year’s games, claimed that his fondest moments in his Commonwealth career games in Glasgow 2014 and Melbourne 2006.
But after a disappointing swim, he looks ready to leave the pool: “It’s disappointing, I need to go figure things out.
“A few weeks ago I was swimming 22.0 and that would have been good enough to get me on the podium here. But, you’re only as good as your last swim, so this is it.”
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
