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The realisation that I am not the best version of myself.
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View profile →When I lost that 100m final I spiralled. I went quite aggressive. It is an Adam I don't really recognise.
I was on a cliff in Dartmoor, doing a Royal Marine abseil. I fell upside down and thought, “I’m going to die here.”
As a great man.
To the people who, because of my career, I cannot spend time with. I have to be selfish, unfortunately.
I'm tired, I'm not myself and I'm not enjoying the sport as I have done for the last decade. Some might recognise it as burnout; I just know that over the last few years I haven't had the answers.
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