By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
Decorated Canadian swimmer Kylie Masse has affirmed her commitment to competing at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles after taking a six-month reset living at home.
According to The Canadian Press, Masse moved back in with her parents in La Salle, Ontario earlier this season, and that time away from her normal training schedule at the University of Florida helped lead her to the decision to continue swimming for two more years.
“This sport is incredible, but if you don’t take the time yourself that you need and remove yourself a little bit, it just keeps going,” Masse said, according to The Canadian Press, at this week’s Canadian Swimming Trials. “I found it important to take a little bit of a step back and just re-evaluate.
“I haven’t been at home really since I was 18. It was pretty cool to be back with my parents and spend some quality time with them, but it fulfilled me in different ways, and I think it’s what’s motivating me for the next two years leading into L.A.”
The 30-year-old added to her decorated resume by winning a bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships in the mixed 4×100 medley relay, and then she raced at all three stops of the 2025 World Cup circuit in the fall before taking a step back.
Masse went more than seven months between competitions, last racing at the Toronto World Cup in October 2025 before getting back into action at last month’s Mel Zajac Jr. International meet in Vancouver.
Previously noncommittal about her future beyond the 2025 World Championships, Masse lifted weights on her own while at home, and eventually found old workouts to complete in the pool once she felt ready to dive back in.
“It was a different route,” Masse said, according to The Canadian Press. “It was challenging and confronting in certain ways, but it was what I needed.”
The addition of the 50 backstroke to the Olympic program in 2028 has served as a new source of motivation. Masse won the world title and the Commonwealth Games title in the event in 2022.
“It’s super exciting for me personally,” she said. “I’ve been in this world and on the international stage for the last 10 years, so to have something like the 50 to focus on towards the end of my career, it’s a fun, fast sprint event and it’s really inspiring to see so many international men and women focusing on the 50.
“It’s inspired me and motivated me, so I hope to emulate that over the next few years and just see what I can put together, hopefully leading into L.A.”
Masse has since returned to her University of Florida training group, where she moved in the winter during the 2024-25 season after spending some time in Spain training under former HPC – Ontario head coach Ben Titley.
Already named to the Canadian team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Masse has solidified her spot on Canada’s roster for the Pan Pacific Championships at this week’s Canadian Trials, winning the women’s 50 back (27.35) and placing 2nd in the 100 back (58.87).
“You look at the accomplishments that Kylie Masse has had, and (she’s) won a medal at every major championship and Games since 2015,” High Performance Director John Atkinson said, according to The Canadian Press. “Very, very few athletes have had that longevity in the sport, and she’s a wonderful athlete.”
Masse has represented Canada at three straight Olympics, having won bronze in the 100 back at the 2016 Games in Rio, claiming three medals including a pair of individual silvers in the 100 and 200 back in Tokyo, and then adding a bronze medal in the 200 back to her resume at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
She’s also won a total of 10 medals at the LC World Championships, including winning back-to-back world titles in the 100 back in 2017 and 2019. She then won the 50 back title in 2022.
After a busy summer with two championship meets, Masse will likely take some time to reset once again before tackling the important pre-Olympic year in 2027, where the World Championships will be the main target.
“She’ll then get back (from Pan Pacs), be able to have some sort of a period to gather herself, take some time away and then commit to be back in September, because 2027 will be a big push for everybody,” Atkinson said. “It’s a well-thought-out plan that she’s got, and we’re fully on board.”
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