Sarah Storey announces retirement after record-breaking Paralympic career

Britain’s most successful Paralympian, Dame Sarah Storey, has announced her retirement from elite competition at age 48.

• Storey announced her retirement, saying: “It’s always about leaving something better than you found it.”
• She won 74 world and Paralympic medals across swimming and cycling over nine Games.
• Storey made her Paralympic debut as a 14-year-old swimmer in 1992 and switched to cycling in 2005 after a persistent ear infection.
• She said she plans to focus on her roles as travel commissioner of Manchester and chair of Lancashire Cricket, and advocate for greater investment in Paralympic sport.