Five-times Olympic gold medallist opens up about depression in blogSwimming considerable first publicly admitted to problems in 2012 autobiographyIan Thorpe has revealed his years as a teenage swimming prodigy were affected by mental health issues.
The five-times Olympic gold medallist opened up about his struggle with depression in a blog post detailing how the illness was often at odds with the expectations of a gifted young athlete with a “boundless” future.
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Source: theguardian.com