Years of anxiety, depression and drug use eventually led Adam Walker to the most extreme of gestures.
A very unfortunate episode has occurred in the Scottish sports world in these hours. The major newspapers and sports and news sites have in fact disclosed the news of the untimely and sudden death of Adam Walker. Rugby champion Leauge, a version of rugby with 13 players per team, took his own life at the age of 31.
The news of the death of Giampiero Ventrone, historical athletic trainer of Juventus of Lippi, European champion in 1996, is in the last hours. A fulminant leukemia took him away to only 62 years old.
But it is not the only sad news that has shocked the world of sport in these hours. The major newspapers and sites in Scotland and the rest of the world have in fact reported the news of the untimely and sudden death of Adam Walker, former champion of Rugby Leaguea version of rugby with 13 players per team, particularly popular in Australia.
According to reports, the 31-year-old he would have taken his own life and to push him in this sad direction, years of depression and substance abuse.
The problems of Adam Walker
Adam Walker’s sporting career in Rugby League began as any athlete would dream. With the Scottish national team he had also played in the 2013 World Cup and the 2014 European Championships.
Then in 2017 the meltdownwhen in doping controls it tested positive for cocaine and was sentenced to two years of disqualification.
At the end of the disqualification returned to playwithout ever reaching the very high levels he had known before.
Of that dark period, made of anxiety, depression and drug usehad spoken on several occasions.
I was using cocaine. I was alone, in a downward spiral. A lot of things were going on in my life, but I haven’t talked to anyone about it and instead tried to fix them myself, but that only made it worse.
Despite everything, he had tried to react and get up. He had defined that disqualification as a positive thing, because thanks to it he had understood many things.
I’m happy it happened to me because it made me realize how many problems I had and if I hadn’t stopped I would have made things even worse.
Lately he seemed to have found one of his own equilibrium and he had also returned to play, but in the end his story had unfortunately the saddest of epilogues.
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