Ariarne Titmus: ‘I was all or nothing – achieve it or fail. And I guess that’s not a great way to be’

The Australian swimming great on her decision to retire, her health and fertility journey – and her ‘intense’ former coach From a life tracing the black line three metres below the water’s surface, to one marked by shades of grey, Ariarne Titmus is still adapting.

Now 26, and two years removed from her final competitive event, she recognises her excellence as a swimmer only partly prepared her for what came next. “I look at a lot of things in my life pretty black and white, which is…