Rebecca Soni shocked everyone when she won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, beating the “Queen of Breaststroke” Leisel Jones in the 200-meter race. This set expectations extremely high as the champion returned to London in 2012. The pressure was on to win gold, set records… or be seen as a failure. This changed her relationship with the sport she used to love, and ultimately affected her self-worth moving forward.
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