Decorated defender Claire Thompson retires at 28 to return to medical school
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What happened
The pull to return to medical school prompted decorated women's hockey player Claire Thompson to announce her retirement Thursday at age 28. The Toronto native, who won Olympic and world championship gold with Canada and the PWHL's Walter Cup with Minnesota, is back at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine to pursue her goal of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. “It was a long time coming,” Thompson said.
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