Canadian Olympian Brent Hayden re-retires after solid performance at Tokyo Games

Canadian Olympic swimmer Brent Hayden has retired — again.

Swimming Canada made the announcement this morning.

The 38-year-old from Mission, B.C., won bronze in the men's 100-metre freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics.

He also won the world championship in the same discipline in 2007.

Hayden retired in 2012 but then returned after a seven-year absence, announcing his comeback in September 2019.

The oldest Olympic swimmer in Canadian history at age 37, Hayden helped Canada to a fourth-place finish in the men's 4x100-metre freestyle relay last summer at the Tokyo Games. He also represented Canada at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008.