ne comment on my personal appearance and things that have nothing to do
Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria
Thomas and Henrie Jodie
newsvilla.org celebrate after winning the women’s 4×100 medley relay
final at the Athens 2004 Olympics. It was Jones’ second team gold medal, but
she had to wait until th
onnp.org e following Games for her first Individual one
‘It hugely affected me, and that was
a big part of my mental health journey,’ Jones said of the coverage of her
weight leading up to the Olympics.
‘I needed so much psychological
help, and had to go on antidepressants, which made me put on weight.
‘So to have someone comment on my
personal appearance and things
panifol.com that have nothing to do with my performance at
the time … I was at my fourth Olympics, so I just had to move past it, suck it
up and get on with the job.
‘Even today I’m still unravelling a
whole heap of emotional turmoil from that time. For a long time I was really
angry about it.’
Fortunately, she has been able to
unpack some of that trauma, and move on – though it is always a work in progress.
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