Seven-time Olympic swimming medalist Amanda Beard hasn’t competed since the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, and it doesn’t appear she has designs on participating in her sixth Olympic trials next year.
Beard was asked in a USA Swimming interview if she was looking forward to “Rio and 2016.”
“I am going to have front row seats on my couch!” she said. “It’ll be super fun to watch.”
Beard, 33 and a mother of 2, reportedly said last year, “The way that I look on my swimming career is as long as I’m physically capable of doing it.