Swimming-Australia breaststroker Hodges retires with 'hips of 60-year-old'

FILE PHOTO: Commonwealth Games - Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke - Medal Ceremony - Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Birmingham, Britain - August 2, 2022 Bronze medallist Australia's Chelsea Hodges celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian swimmer Chelsea Hodges, who helped the nation claim the women's 4x100 metres medley relay gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has retired from international swimming at the age of 22 after struggling with injuries.

Hodges swam the breaststroke leg of the medley relay final in Tokyo as Australia pipped the United States for the title.