{"id":360464,"date":"2019-03-25T14:16:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T21:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=360464"},"modified":"2019-03-25T14:16:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T21:16:36","slug":"canadian-olympian-emily-overholt-regains-smile-after-swimming-through-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-olympian-emily-overholt-regains-smile-after-swimming-through-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Olympian Emily Overholt Regains Smile After Swimming Through Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadian Olympian Emily Overholt<\/strong> burst on to the international scene as a teenager after a stunning performance at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.<\/p>\n

She won the bronze medal in the 400 IM. But it was the 2015 Pan American Games where she was one of the most compelling stories. She earned an unexpected win in the 400 free after having victory in the 400 IM eliminated by a disqualification at the games in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Then as the push toward the Olympics began, things began to change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings seemed perfect from the outside,\u201d Overholt said. \u201cBut all this pressure and expectation was affecting my mental health. <\/span>That\u2019s definitely when I started to feel depressed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Overholt discusses her battle with depression in a recent Swimming Canada story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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