The 30-year-old Australian believes the event in England next year will be the perfect place to bring down the curtain on her competitive career.

Cole has won four medals at the Commonwealth Games - but is yet to clinch gold despite her Paralympic success.

With able-bodied and Para sport integrated at Birmingham 2022, Cole will be able to compete alongside Olympic friends for the last time at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

"I thought, 'you know what, I'll go on for another eight months'," Cole said to radio station 2GB.

"I do want to continue until the Commonwealth Games next year.

"The Commonwealth Games is the only event where I can travel with our Olympic guys.

"I've said farewell to my Paralympic team, but I'm still very close to our Olympic swim team.

"I think I am going to get myself back up for the Commonwealth Games, but if I decide to tap out, I'm happy with that."

Cole is the most decorated female Paralympic medallist from Australia with 17 medals in her collection in all.

She has competed at four Games - Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 - in the S9 class.

Four of her golds came at London 2012, where she won six medals in all, four years before claiming another six in Rio.

Cole, who had her right leg amputated aged three because of life-threatening sarcoma cancer, appeared in the Netflix documentary on the Paralympic Movement, Rising Phoenix. 

She has campaigned extensively for Para sport, resulting in the Australian Federal Government providing extra funding for Paralympic medallists, bringing them into line with their Olympic counterparts.

At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Cole won a silver and a bronze medal and carried Australia's flag at the Closing Ceremony.