I hope the federation and/or someone else helps him through. What strikes me is that he sounds so sad and a bit lost. He needs lots of support and attention.
I was sad at how discouraged Adrian seemed. Every athlete goes through rough periods, of course, but it shocked me that the thought of quitting actually crossed his mind. He's still young and has tons of talent, so it's not right that his mindset has dipped to this point. I don't really know anything about Adrian's social network, but he seems to be lacking emotional support. You get the sense the he feels very much alone in the pursuit of his figure skating goals.
Figure skaters are so forgotten in Swedish media between the big events. No reports on how they practice, or about their thoughts and lives.
Yeah, it doesn't help that the sport is struggling to find funding, an audience, media coverage, etc. I can imagine that figure skaters like Adrian would probably feel that the country neglects them a lot of times.
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