Short-track speedskating champion Charles Hamelin relaxes with video games
When Olympic short-track speedskating champion Charles Hamelin isn’t training or racing, chances are he’s in front of a video game console.
The 33-year-old from Sainte-Julie, Que., says it relaxes him.
“It helps me to focus on my skating when I need to and kind of forget about it when I’m back at the hotel room or when I’m back home,” Hamelin said in an interview. “To make sure that I think about something else than only speedskating.
“Sometimes when you think too much about what you do, you can get burned out and not like it anymore. That’s my way to free my mind and think about something completely different.”