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Old 03-10-2019, 12:18 PM
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RIP Kelly Catlin
23 year old member of USA Cycling track team - also Rally Cycling Road team.

Multi medalist.

Apparent suicide.

Very sad

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Old 03-10-2019, 12:24 PM
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What the heck!!!

So sad!
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Old 03-10-2019, 12:27 PM
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she rode a helluva race to win the rainbow bands in the team pursuit

sadness...

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Old 03-10-2019, 12:48 PM
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She was also a graduate student at Stanford. Lots of potential cut short.
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Old 03-10-2019, 12:52 PM
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Oh, man. Way too young to have that kind of pain.
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Old 03-10-2019, 12:53 PM
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Aw geez - Presumably depression.....
Very sorry.
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Old 03-10-2019, 01:07 PM
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Almost certainly depression, though it's still speculation at this point. Very sad news.
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Old 03-10-2019, 01:50 PM
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I knew her from Minnesota racing.
She was incredibly gifted, on and off the bike.

For all: the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255. Somebody will always answer.
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Old 03-10-2019, 02:21 PM
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Dang, that's terrible.
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Old 03-10-2019, 02:46 PM
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Wow, that is unfortunate news.
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Old 03-10-2019, 03:16 PM
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THis sucks, hope they figured it out what was troubling her... if they not already know and dont want to make it public but at this point IMO wont hurt anybody to know. Actually it could help a lot of other people to read the signs...
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Old 03-10-2019, 03:50 PM
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Nearly every successful racer I have ever known has been riding away from their demons. Most of us make the escape, so sad hers were too big and too fast.
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Old 03-10-2019, 04:28 PM
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Being so good at so many things (Olympian cyclist, graduate student at Stanford, violinist, etc.) is a gift, but it can also be a curse due to the pressure/expectations that come along with it...

RIP, Kelly.
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Old 03-10-2019, 05:08 PM
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If only excellence brought happiness, too. Reading her interview in Velonews, it really seems she felt the pressure. So sad. Hope she’s found some sort of peace.
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Old 03-10-2019, 05:19 PM
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So many lost to a disease that dare not speak its name. Time to make the mental health epidemic a priority.
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