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How Perfectionism Affects Athletes’ Performance After Competitive Failure

By Michael Brown — 2020

Elite athletes are more likely to rise to the occasion after a failure if they keep potential unhelpful consequences of striving for perfection in check, according to a University of Alberta study, the first of its kind to investigate perfectionism and performance following failure in competitive athletics.

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Athletes and Eating Disorders

Ben Tracy profiles a 24-year-old former gymnast at UCLA, who battled eating disorders for two years after she was no longer doing gymnastics.

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Olympic Figure Skater Gracie Gold on Comeback After Eating Disorder | TODAY

Before the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, figure skater Gracie Gold announced she was stepping away from the ice to deal with personal struggles. A year later, she talks to Savannah Guthrie about the pressure facing athletes and her fight to return to the rink.

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Athlete Well-Being