At 43, the snowshoe champion told the magazine Peoplein an interview published this Thursday, November 21, the new sport to which she is dedicated.
It's been two years since Serena Williams ended her career as a professional Tennis player. But when you're one of the greatest players in tennis history, maybe even the greatest of them all, it's hard to just put down your racket and retire. In any case, that's not what the sole holder of 23 Grand Slam titles did. Instead, the champion developed a passion for a new sport. This is what she told the magazine People in an exclusive interview published on November 21.
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The temptation of competition
“I became obsessed, more obsessed with diet and exercise, I think, than when I was playing tennis,” Serena Williams told the American magazine about running. And it even seems difficult for the player to approach this new hobby without the competitive spirit that led her to all these victories during her professional career. “Look at me, I'm trying to compete – not compete, I'll rephrase – I'm trying to do a half marathon,” she exclaims in the pages of People. This is my new goal. It's like I have to do something competitive. I miss tennis a lot.”
“I have to run for my children”
At 43 years old and mother of two children, Olympia (7 years old) and Adira (15 months), Serena Williams' challenge also has a lot to do with the desire to be in the best shape to stay healthy. “The less I do sport professionally, the more I tell myself that this is what I have been doing my whole life and that I must optimize and maintain it,” she explains. As a mother, my main goal is to be healthy for my children, and I have young children, and I need to be able to run for them and do all these things.” Enough to motivate you to put on your sneakers, even in the snow.
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