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==Retirement and afterwards==
On 24 January  2007 Luo announced in a press conference that she was retiring from competitive swimming due to a heart surgery failure. According to Luo, doctors advised that her life might be in jeopardy if she continued to train at the intensity required for Olympic-level athletes.

Following her retirement, Luo resumed her university studies.

Luo Xuejuan became, on 24 March 2008, the ''second'' torchbearer at the [[2008 Summer Olympics torch relay]] and the ''first'' torchbearer for China. She expressed her view on Olympic ideals as follows:"As a torchbearer, I think the Olympic spirit means purity, fair play, friendship, passion, peace and harmony."<ref>[http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/news/headlines/n214279795.shtml Luo proud to be first Chinese torchbearer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401004640/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/news/headlines/n214279795.shtml |date=2008-04-01 }}, at the Official Website of the Torch Relay</ref>