Benjamin Karl: Olympic champion takes a break due to motivational crisis!

Benjamin Karl: Olympic champion takes a break due to motivational crisis!

Bad Gastein, Österreich - Benjamin Karl, the superstar among the snowboarders and Olympic champions, is currently fighting with motivation problems and withdraws from the upcoming World Cup races. The 39-year-old announced that he will leave the events in Bad Gastein and Bulgaria to take an urgently needed break. "I am not very keen to drive at the moment. So I take a break to motivate myself," said Karl, who is one of the biggest legends in snowboard sports and has won numerous titles, including five overall World Cup victories. Despite the difficult phase, he keeps an eye on the World Cup in St. Moritz and plans to concentrate on the normal snowboarding to find the joy of sport, as krone.at reported.

personal challenges and time -out

Karl confessed that the racing cycle is currently burdening it and even triggering depressive feelings. "I just need a break after 20 years," he admitted. In the last competitions, as in Scuol, he already had difficulty motivating and feeling under pressure from the striving for sports culture. "I will now go normal and for joy snowboarding, that is extremely good for me," said the father of two. This is reflected in his words, because the more distance he wins from the races, the better he feels, reported mental health comes first.