U.S. track star Noah Lyles: 'I know that there’s somebody out there who is probably struggling (with) the same issues I was, and I want them to know that there is ways to feel better. They don’t have to keep feeling that way.”
American sprinter Noah Lyles won a bronze medal in the men’s 200-meter dash at the Tokyo Olympics, but it’s what he said after the race that has turned heads.“I’ve always talked about mental health in my career,”. “And, now, as I got more and more popular, I got more and more attention, people watching me. So I feel that I was able to reach an even bigger audience.
“Saying it then wasn’t any different from when I was saying it a few years ago, but every time I say it, I say it with the intention that I know that there’s somebody out there who is probably struggling the same issues I was and I want them to know that there is ways to feel better. They don’t have to keep feeling that way.
“It takes a village. I have an amazing girlfriend and everybody’s very supportive. We all keep tabs on each other,” he added. While speaking to reporters after he won the bronze medal earlier this week, Lyles opened up about his mental health, while noting he stopped taking antidepressants that he had“I always said the day I wasn’t having fun with this sport, I’m going to leave it,” he told reporters,
. “And for a little bit, I wasn’t having fun this year. I did want to leave. I had to make a decision. I was like, I got to get better. I can’t let this control me.”
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