For me, I'm given a sense of protection, knowing that I'm no longer a competitive athlete.
The reason I'm sitting here today and not some of our Olympic athletes or athletes who are still competing is that they're still terrified. They're afraid of our high-performance director. They're afraid they're going to be removed from the team.
I'm very lucky, in that sense, to be able to have the distance and to speak about my experiences. Even so, I'm still afraid of my abuser. It's just that I'm fortunate enough to know that there's nothing he can take away from me anymore.