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Olympian Brittany Crew puts disappointment of Tokyo behind her, finding peace in karate dojo

When the bright lights fade and the roar of the crowd is replaced by quiet, many athletes struggle with what to do next. What to do with a life that has been defined by the pursuit of excellence in their chosen sport?

For recently retired Canadian Olympic shot putter Brittany Crew, the journey has been especially difficult.

"I was doing [shot put] full time for 10 years. Every single day of my life was to go to the track," Crew recently told CBC Sports. "So you can just imagine when you retire that identity is kind of lost, you're a little lost. You're like, 'what do I do?'"

The 29-year-old Torontonian had known in her heart for a while that it was time to step away from shot put. She suffered an irreparable falling out with her longtime coach and her body could never fully recover from an unending string of injuries

"I should have let it go after Tokyo. I should have just quit at that point because these last two years have been hell mentally," Crew said. "I lost myself to the point where I did not know who I was anymore. I'd look at pictures even, and I'd see like the smile had faded. It was just not the same. I was staying home a lot more. I was not socializing with people.

"I was literally just playing video games on my time off. Like, I didn't go anywhere and didn't talk to people. I was shutting them out."

Crew flirted with success throughout her career, but aspirations and predictions of victory at world championships and the Olympics never panned out.

Heading into the Tokyo Olympics, Crew was a heavy favourite to reach the podium for Canada. Instead, she crashed out spectacularly, failing to register a successful throw on any of her three attempts.

"I still haven't recovered from that, if I'm being honest, and I

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