Olympic star Ryan Lochte’s wife sets marriage after seven years and three children for ‘painful’ divorce

Olympic icon Ryan Lochte has spoken after his wife of seven years revealed that she had requested a divorce

Kayla Reid and the gold medal winner, 40, share three children together, and she said on Instagram that her decision came after ‘deep prayer and reflection’.

Locht also shared his own explanation when he responded to the big change.

“I want to take the time to acknowledge what Kayla has shared,” he said. ‘In the past year, both have made major changes for both of us, because we have come to the difficult decision to end our marriage. I am deeply grateful for the life we ​​have built together and especially for the love we share for our three children. ‘

He continued: ‘Although this decision has not been easy, I believe that this is the right step in the direction of peace and well -being for both of us. I continue to use healing, growth and co-parenting with care and respect while we are progressing separately. ‘

“Thanks to our family and friends for your continuous support – it really means a lot when we start this new chapter,” concluded the Olympic swimmer.

Kayla Reid separated from her husband Ryan Lochte, she announced on Wednesday

Locht and Reid would have met in 2016 before they were engaged that same year

Seen at the American Olympic swimming tests in 2021, is a six -time Olympic gold medal winner

For her part, Kayla described the ‘painful’ decision to split from Lochte, which she met for the first time in 2016.

“I have the wedding in the highest way, so this is one of the most painful, revealing and challenging seasons of my life,” she said. “I hesitate to share until I could do this from a place of healing – not from fresh, open wounds.”

‘Sometimes we are confronted with tests that we have not chosen or see coming. And at those moments we are forced to make the most difficult decisions to protect our peace, our children and our future.

‘I have come to the understanding that staying is not always the most loving decision that someone can make. For me, leaving was an act of love – for the people around me and for myself. ‘

The couple shares son Caiden, 7, daughter Liv Rae, 5 and one year old daughter Georgia.

According to court reports cited by people, Kayla applied for a divorce on 26 March.

Together with the statement she placed on Instagram, she shared a Boomerang video of herself staring in the distance while she was in it.

She added to her explanation: “Living with transparency and authenticity is how I have grown into the person I am today, and I will continue to do this – while I also protect the parts of this journey that are private and unfold in a non -chartered territory.”

Kayla, who said she applied for a divorce in March, was previously a Playboy Playmate

Locht and Kayla are seen in a playful tap, posing in his swimming clothes

Kayla, a former Playboy Playmate, concluded her explanation by saying that she “chose to give herself grace” while she asked for support and prayers of her followers.

The couple met in 2016 before it was engaged in the fall that same year.

Lochte and Kayla were eventually married in 2018, with people who reported the moment they made the knot in Palm Springs, California.

The swimmer, who did not formally retire out of competitive swimming despite not making the last Olympic Games, revealed last year that he had a serious car accident, causing him to have serious injury.

Lochte, 40, shared that he had recovered in the last 10 months of a crash last November that broke his ‘thigh in two’.

He only said on the podcast of the athletes that he crashed into a truck while he was on his way to pick up his children from school.

The swimmer, who represented Team USA in four Olympic Games, explained that a garbage truck was parked in the middle of a busy street with four lanes without lights or cones to indicate that it had stopped.

Lochte poses with his gold medal from the 2016 Olympic Games, where he medail in the 4 × 200m freestyle relay

The car for Locht succeeded in waving, but the athlete was unable to avoid in the vehicle and came across the damn thing.

Lochte has various controversial moments during his swimming career.

During the Rio Games 2016, He claimed that he and three teammates were robbed after a night out.

Later, however, it was revealed that the armed men were actually guards and several details of the story of Lochte turned out to have been manufactured. He was eventually accused of submitting a false report to the police, but charges were later rejected after he apologized.

Two years later, the American anti-doping agency Locht forbade 14 months because of his use of a forbidden IV infusion-IS that Locht himself unveiled in a social media post, which he removed shortly afterwards.

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