Senior Dolphins swim team member Kyle Chalmers says he's endured the most-challenging couple of days of his career, and hopes that, by speaking about his mental health struggles, he can help others.
Australian freestyler and backstroker Kyle Chalmers said it took all his strength and courage to win his third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in the men's 100 metres freestyle.GOLD: Mixed 4x100m freestyle relayIt wasn't his fastest swim, but he said it was "bigger than just me racing".
"And, as much as it's nice to win, it's probably just a big sense of relief, rather than the satisfaction that I thought I'd feel and want to feel after a performance like that."
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