Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has revealed that she almost quit the sport because of her marital problems with Jake Welch.
The 27-year-old and fellow snowboarder Welch got divorced last year.
"When you are in the wrong relationship, everything feels wrong," she told Esquire.
"I thought the problem was snowboarding and I was going to quit. But as soon as he was out of my life I realised it was him.
"Benny (her brother and coach) said, 'If you want to do something really big, qualify for all three snowboard events at the Olympics. I mean, it's just snowboarding.'
"And to get the love of snowboarding back I knew that's what I wanted to do."
Bright won the silver medal in the women's half-pipe event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Subhankar Mondal
Subhankar Mondal
