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Crossing the Line

Previous events

Crossing the Line Summit – Dublin 2016

A night out with Crossing the Line!

CTL Sydney Summit – February 2017

SUMMIT PRESS RELEASE

Mardi Gras Film Festival 2016 – Focus on Sport

Athlete mental health and identity summit – November 2017

Perspective Adventures

The World Olympians Forum

CTL Dublin Summit

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Head Space

Families and relationships

Quite often families and significant others are forgotten as they watch the athlete in their life go through a challenging time.

Transition

Outside the bubble: new identity

Thinking about a new career but don’t know where to start? Really take your time to assess your options.

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The ultra people: Tayebeh Alirezaee

Sport means different things to different people. For some, it’s pushing beyond their limits to cover ultra distances. Here’s Tayebeh Alirezaee’s story.

Athlete Voices

Body image crisis after retirement in sport

Zuzana Radakovska speaks to international canoist Jana Smidakova about body image issues after retirement.

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Crossing the Line Sport

14 January, 2020

“So many athletes are used to internally processing and sucking it up when experiencing personal adversity, when it comes to the mental part of it, they're used to not expressing weakness. Because to them, that's a failure on their part to ‘handle things.’” ... See MoreSee Less

Athletes struggle to find purpose, identity after sports | Special Report

Athletes forced to leave their sports routinely battle depression and anxiety. It’s a crisis hidden beneath a facade of strength and drowned out by the roar of the crowds.

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Crossing the Line Sport

5 January, 2020

"Athletes at a high level are driven at a high level, and that sort of high expectation can lead to a really low tolerance for failure. And someone who may not have the maturity to deal with that sort of paradox split between their expectation and what they are actually doing, they may have that sort of negative thinking sort of final thought of I'm going to give up completely" ... See MoreSee Less

Reports show suicide is third leading cause of death among student athletes

FORT VALLEY, Ga. -- Bryce Gowdy was a standout high school football player who signed to Georgia Tech and reportedly committed suicide Monday, and national reports show suicide is the third leading cause of death among student athletes. That's according to the National Collegiate Athletic Associatio...

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Crossing the Line Sport

20 December, 2019

"You know, I've had this thing with my older brother where he just has, for a long time, thought 'everything was just great for Kelly' and he doesn't realise that I have my own challenges and things that are really tough for me to express or communicate or deal with or resolve." ... See MoreSee Less

Surfing great Kelly Slater reveals mental health struggles

He's won 11 world titles but that hasn't always translated to happiness.

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Crossing the Line @CTL_sport

Friday, January 17th, 2020 at 4:26am
"I made a vow that I would never suffer alone again...I talk to my friends, I call people and say I just need to talk. Sometimes we think when we're up at the top of the ladder that we can't show any other weakness - of course we can."

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Crossing the Line @CTL_sport

Thursday, January 16th, 2020 at 4:17am
“Although the topic is being spoken about more and more openly, the number of adults and children who suffer with mental health issues is still worryingly high. It impacts all of our lives either directly or indirectly and so it is incredibly important"

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Crossing the Line @CTL_sport

Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 at 4:57am
"I think I'm starting to see the benefits now [...] I've been able to get everything off my chest and deal with things better. I'm still talking to people about managing different parts of my life and making sure I've still got that balance."

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Crossing the Line @CTL_sport

Friday, January 10th, 2020 at 5:08am
Renee McGregor says she has seen a five-fold increase in the number of male riders being referred with disordered eating in the last year, while every new male client she has seen has been a cyclist.

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Crossing the Line @CTL_sport

Thursday, January 9th, 2020 at 7:51am
"I'm really not happy with who I am at the moment, and my poor mental health is getting the best of me and affecting my behaviours. I'm not sure how I spiralled so far away from my true self last year, but I'm having some time out to figure it out..."

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Crossing the Line @CTL_sport

Monday, January 6th, 2020 at 6:23am
“The whole identity for most of these guys is sports — what you’ve only done since you were a kid. And now it’s gone, and you’re lost. [...] It wasn’t an easy transition at all. There’s a lot of fear because you don’t know what to expect.”

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