Asian Games: Rio breaststroke champ Balandin mulls retirement

Kazakhstan's 2016 Rio Olympics breaststroke gold medalist Dmitriy Balandin said Wednesday he is thinking about retiring from swimming after the Asian Games."I cannot find motivation," Balandin said to reporters after placing second in the men's 100-meter breaststroke morning heats to qualify for the evening's finals at GBK Aquatic Center before having to settle for bronze in the final later in the day.He failed to defend his title, coming third in 59.39 seconds, trailing Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki and China's Yan Zibei, who grabbed gold and silver, respectively."I am happy. It was a great resu…READ FULL ARTICLE