For more than a decade, Kosuke Kitajima competed at the highest levels of the swimming world.
Now that he's jumped in the pool for the last time, the battles he had against the world's other top swimmers is something the Japanese superstar says he will genuinely miss.
The 33-year-old breaststroke swimmer, one of the greatest Japan has ever produced, officially announced his retirement during a news conference on Sunday.
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