One of the things I like about the Olympics is that a lot of these sports probably don't get a huge amount of money behind the athletes, but there they are training, travelling and performing at their best.
I heard that some athlete isolated himself from his girlfriend/ family for about a year. He was only meeting people he was working/ training with during that time. Quite a high price to pay. But he did win 6(?) medals. I believe this was in world tournament and not olympics.
It is interesting what some people can achieve in the same conditions- basically isolated from the rest of the world. Also it is a shame that not all people use those conditions well.I believe that George Martin also isolated himself in some cabin during the covid. And apparently his progress on the Winds of Winter is still about the same as few years ago...Kentaro Miura was only stopped by death from finishing Berserk. He was creating it for decades. Other mangaka also suffer a lot of pain and various illness. Yet they continue making manga. But I feel like Martin is just wasting the time he has left by making side content. I don't understand that...