Olympic swimming hero Alys Thomas retires at 31 with 'arthritis of a 60-year-old'
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Strictly's Louis Smith says BBC show was 'harder' than training for 2012 Olympics "My tolerance levels are high on the whole but it's getting more and more difficult to get what I need to do in training in order to stay competitive within the sport.
At the moment I find it difficult to drive a car, cut up my food, pick things up, writing. But the athlete brain, as toxic as it is….I don't really care about that stuff as long as I can swim.
The longer I think about that way of thinking, the more I think that's not a healthy way to think."I need a functioning wrist in day-to-day life.
I need a functioning hand in order to be able to do those things. Ultimately, if I'm not going to be able to swim, I need to take care of the health of my body, the health of my wrist.
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