{"id":12192,"date":"2018-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/anna-meares-on-the-personal-tragedy-she-battled-before-her-final-olympics\/"},"modified":"2018-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"anna-meares-on-the-personal-tragedy-she-battled-before-her-final-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/anna-meares-on-the-personal-tragedy-she-battled-before-her-final-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Meares On The Personal Tragedy She Battled Before Her Final Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Retired Australian cycling champion Anna Meares has opened up with Graham Cornes about the personal challenges she faced in the lead up to her last ever Olympics at Rio in 2016.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"933\" width=\"700\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/anna_meares_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cI did seriously consider retiring after London,\u201d Anna said during an episode of Conversations with Cornesy.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cWhen I decided to continue to Rio it was a very difficult Olympic cycle for me &#8212; not many people are aware of the full extent of it.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cMy 15-year relationship and nine-year marriage broke down, which is personally one of the most emotionally difficult things that anyone can go through, but for me it was very difficult.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cI got re-injured. 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