Highs and lows of life are heightened for athletes after what may be the pinnacle of their career – whether they medal or not
Snowboard star and three-time Olympic medallist Scotty James is still riding a wave of emotion. Australia’s most decorated winter athlete has been coming to terms with narrowly missing out on the elusive gold that would have completed his set of medals in the halfpipe.
“After a week of reflection, I’ve felt all of it,” he said in a raw social media post. “The pride. The gratitude. The disbelief. And yeah … the anger too. I’ve replayed it in my head more times than I’d like to admit. One run. A couple of small moments that separate gold from silver at the Olympic Games. It’s wild how something so big can come down to something so small.”