As Canadian tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski closer to one-year-old anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, a triple Grand Slam champion revealed in a recent interview that the news they received in the spring of 2024 changed her view of life for the better.
Dabrowski, who first won Olympic medal In Paris just months after her breast cancer was diagnosed, he first discovered in the Instagram post on New Year’s Eve that, despite all the success she saw in that season, she kept a secret.
Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada in action at the US Open on August 29, 2024. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
She first noticed a lump in her left breast during “self -examination” in 2023, but later rejected her by another doctor. Next year, in the spring, doctor WTA suggested that he get another estimate, and after a series of testing, Dabrowski was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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“I don’t regret what my doctor told me then [in 2023]Because I’m really pleased with how my year turned out, what I learned, what I experienced, ” She said to Olimpics.com Last week. “It’s a confession that cancer has really messed up and can be very scary.”
Dabrowski was unknown to his fans, but he stayed on the field. She won two couples titles, including WTA Tour finals, and earned her first Olympic medal at the summer games. She also reached a new high career in the pair rankings, which arrived at number 3.
Gabriela Dabrowski is celebrated after winning a bronze medal in mixed couples during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (AMBER SARLS-USA SPORTS Today)
For Dabrowski, her life gaze changed after diagnosis. She said that cancer “shook” her in understanding “what it meant to be alive.”
“Cancer had to happen menu; Something had to shake me, and Cancer did it, “she told Olympics.com.
“That shaken me. It doesn’t mean that I was not grateful for my life before, or people in it, or the experiences in the life I lead. But it was a little bigger, because it really shook me to his core of what it meant to be alive, which meant to play sports for life.”
On the left, Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) and Erin Routliffe (NZL) and Katerina Siniakov (CZE) and Taylor Townsend (USA) present with finalists and championship trophies, after their Wimbledon ladies in pairs were finally in 2024. (Geoff Burke-Ussa today sports)
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Dabrowski went out with his journey with the hope that he would bring awareness of the early discovery and sharing of his story as a survivor.
“Early in my diagnosis, I was afraid cancer would forever become part of my identity,” she wrote in her post since December. “I don’t feel like that anymore. The privilege is to be able to call the survivor.”
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