For Brazilian swimmer Fratus, the role is a way to turn his personal journey into support for others: \u201cIt feels like an opportunity to do something with all the precious information I have collected. We all struggle sometimes, and my fellow ambassadors and I will be here to help you take it off your chest. Let\u2019s look out for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cheng emphasised the importance of access to support: \u201cAll elite athletes have ups and downs in their career, and it\u2019s okay to ask for help. There are plenty of resources out there, so you need to find the best ones for you. As an ambassador, hopefully I can help athletes with that \u2013 explaining how they can get help and ensuring they receive it quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The athletes\u2019 message is clear: mental health matters, and support is always within reach.<\/p>\n
The IOC Mental Health Ambassadors programme forms part of the IOC\u2019s broader commitment to supporting athlete well-being and fostering safer, more supportive environments throughout their sporting journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Brazilian swimmer Fratus, the role is a way to turn his personal journey into support for others:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-209004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}