The 24-year-old began speed skating when he was 6, with his family regularly driving three hours to Maryland for training.
A young Igor Thiago could not have known he would one day break the record for the most goals by a Brazilian player in a Premier League season.
Quarterback’s rehabilitation is grueling, including bad days, and mental health is just as important as physical.
How Stanford gymnast overcame eating disorder, obsession of being “the sickest one”
Substance use vulnerability increases with injury, high external expectations, normalized team use, social pressure, and an overidentification with athletic identity, facilitating escalation from coping to dependence.
