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Michael Jamieson to decide on future after Rio Olympics
- Updated: July 25, 2016
Jamieson failed to qualify for last year’s World Championships or the Rio Games
Olympics silver medallist Michael Jamieson will make a decision on his swimming future after the Rio Games.
The 27-year-old will be in Rio working for the media but will not be competing after finishing fifth at the GB trials.
Jamieson won 200m breaststroke silver at London 2012 and says his decision will hinge on whether he feels he can still be “involved at the sharp end”.
“If I think I can still challenge for major medals I’ll continue. If not, I think it’ll be time to call it a day.”
Jamieson was the lone male British swimming medallist in London, with Rebecca Adlington’s two bronzes making up the GB tally.
The Scot saw no reason why he could not continue to thrive at the highest level and relished his poster-boy status for the Commonwealth Games in his native Glasgow in 2014.
Gold was the target, but he had to settle for silver behind Ross Murdoch.
Jamieson (right) had to settle for silver behind team-mate Ross Murdoch at the Commonwealths
It was a difficult time for Jamieson, who had suffered a heart scare while training ahead of the Games in Glasgow.
“After London, I would never have imagined that I’d be in this position, not going (to Rio) as a competing athlete,” he told BBC Scotland.
“It has been difficult. I’m an athlete, I love competing. You want to be involved in the Olympic Games, it’s the biggest stage in our sport.
“But life throws you curve balls now and then. The standard is so high just now, especially in the breaststroke events. There’s so many guys knocking on the world’s best and that showed at the British trials.”
Jamieson finished behind England’s Andrew Willis, a surprise winner, and fellow Scots Craig Benson and Murdoch in the 200m breaststroke at the …
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