Elisabeth shares for the first time the details of her unexpected retirement in the sport of skeleton. She talks about how she entered in the sport, gives us a day in the life of an elite athlete and discusses her postpartum comeback and being on track (pun intended) to attend her 2nd Olympic Games in Beijing, 2022.
Elisabeth discusses how her career ended in 2 minutes and goes deep into the power imbalances, harassment, lack of support from the federation and emotional toll she went though in the final seasons of her career.
At the end of the episode, she shares top highlights from her career including meeting her husband and being the top 3rd most decorated Canadian Skeleton athlete. As well as beautiful lessons learned that are transferable to all aspects of life!
