- Joined
- May 28, 2019
Could anyone translate Maria's post? Good luck to her in her further career, whichever path she chooses. @kwanatic is right, while Maria may not be satisfied with how her competitive career turned out, she achieved more than many a skater. She should be proud.
here:
When you first feel the taste of victory, it seems to you that this will never end. Unfortunately, this is not so, and it all ends sometime!
My path was thorny, but very interesting and colourful. I had the best mentors, each in its own way unique and loved. I was lucky to work with a big and friendly team. I am grateful to God for my parents who gave me such a life, supported my every move, felt my every fall and rejoiced in every victory.
The time has come to tell you about my feelings, experiences that I've kept for a very long time.
An unsuccessful season followed after the Olympics, but I knew that these were temporary difficulties that I could overcome. Realizing that I had not yet revealed my full potential, I fought. I always had sincere love for everything I worked on. But there are circumstances that slowly destroyed my faith, that put impassable obstacles on my path, and the realization came that this is the end. The end of my sports career. Factors appeared that in no way diminished my strength, but they did not allow me to fight, despite my desire. Even the long and difficult work with psychologists was not able to help properly. After certain emotional upheaval, I began to have health problems that finally led to such a difficult decision for me.
You can't turn back the clock. And you can't fit into one post everything that I feel is important for me to say. My soul is torn. With tears in my eyes, I remember and will remember for all my life the people that put their strength, faith, time and love into me.
No words are enough to express what is in my soul.