“From the outside, it’s like, ‘You’ve got everything,†says professional snowboarder and three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White in the trailer for the upcoming HBO documentary The Weight of Gold.
That’s how White imagines the 3.6 billion viewers who tune in to the Olympics in a given cycle view the professional athletes who are among their sport’s best. But few Olympians have opened up about the depression and disconnect that follow what, for most athletes, is the ultimate mountaintop.
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