The former figure skater has found new meaning and purpose since earning a silver medal more than a decade ago. TheWeightofGold
of training your entire life for an event, only to have to find new meaning and purpose when that dream has ended, often with little support. Among them is Sasha Cohen, who, 14 years later, remains the most recent American to medal in Olympic ladies' figure skating.
Cohen competed at two Olympic Games. In 2002, she finished just off the podium in fourth place. Over the next few years, she steadily rose in the ranks and medalled at several international events. At the 2006 Olympics, Cohen was in first place after the short program, but mistakes on two jumps ultimately landed her in silver behind gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa of Japan. She competed at the World Championships a month or so later, where she finished third.
Though she continued to perform in skating shows, Cohen didn't return to competition until 2010. Her comeback season got off to a rocky start when she withdrew from her fall 2009 events due to tendinitis. She then competed for the first time in years at the 2010 national championships, hoping to qualify for the Olympic team, but her fourth-place finish wasn't enough to earn her an Olympic berth. Cohen did not compete again.
Cohen has also found happiness with her fiancé, Geoffrey Lieberthal, and the couple welcomed their first child in January. She admitted tothat it was tough walking away from skating and having to completely restructure her life:"[When I was skating], I'd wake up every morning with a plan for the day, and the year, and the next four years. I was on this train and everything else blurred on the side.
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