Olympic champion swimmer Maggie Mac Neil ‘at peace’ with retirement decision after ‘great run’ [Video]

Sitting beside her childhood backyard pool in London, Ont., the same pool where she learned how to swim and trained in to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics, Maggie Mac Neil starts reflecting on her prolific athletic career.

Her seemingly out-of-nowhere retirement to some less than a week ago at the age of 24 was always something Mac Neil knew was coming, and was planned.

There’s no wondering what might have been, no regrets and certainly no second-guessing her decision.

“I’m so at peace with my decision and I think it was just the right time for me,” Mac Neil told CBC Sports.

“I’ve only been on the national team for four or five years and it’s been a great, short run. And I think that’s the beauty of it, is that I came to do what I wanted to do and more than I ever thought I would do. I’m …