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Alice Dearing, who made British Olympic history at the 2020 Tokyo Games, has retired from swimming.

The 26-year-old was the first black woman to represent Team GB in swimming at an Olympic Games, finishing 19th in the open water 10km race.

A world and European champion at the junior levels, Dearing took a break from the sport in 2022 but had set her sights on qualifying for this summer's Olympics in Paris.

Dearing also co-founded the Black Swimming Association, whose aim is to highlight swimming as an essential life skill and to encourage participation in black and minority ethnic communities.

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