Swimming Canada – Olympic medallist Katerine Savard is withdrawing from next month’s Commonwealth Games for health reasons.

Savard, a two-time Olympian and multiple international medallist who turns 25 in May, has qualified for every A national team since 2010. The Pont-Rouge, Que., native plans to compete at Canadian Swimming Championships April 5-8 in Montreal. She will re-focus her training for July’s Canadian Swimming Trials in hopes of returning to the national team for the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo in August.

“This has been a difficult decision,” Savard said. “Representing my country has been the thing that I am the most proud of and I hope to be able to do it again.”

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Nathan White
Senior manager, Communications, Swimming Canada
Gestionnaire supérieur des communications, Natation Canada
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