Tingmao reveals depression, mental health break for Peaty


‘This isn’t a normal job’: British swimmer Adam Peaty’s admission shows that mental health issues in Tokyo are not confined to women athletes. —AFP

TOKYO: Four-time Olympic diving gold medallist Shi Tingmao has revealed her struggles with depression, joining US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles in openly discussing her mental health at the Tokyo Games.

China’s Tingmao comfortably won the 3m springboard title for her second gold in Japan but cut a tearful figure in the immediate aftermath at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

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