Sarah Storey retires at 48: ‘It’s always about leaving something better than you found it’

Dame Sarah Storey, Britain's most successful Paralympic athlete, has announced her retirement from elite competition at age 48. The Paralympic dame accumulated 74 world and Paralympic medals across a career that began in swimming at age 14 before transitioning to cycling, where she won multiple gold medals across five Paralympic Games. She made the announcement in Macclesfield, describing her retirement as the start of a new chapter rather than an end.