Some Olympic stories start from tragedy and lead to success. And, then there are those with the opposite experience. Suzy Favor Hamilton was a three-time Olympian making celebrity appearances but she also went under the name Kelly Lundy, a Las Vegas escort making $600 an hour for her services.
In what turned out to be in part the result of a misdiagnosis of depression and a prescription for antidepressants, Hamilton led a double life in Las Vegas while her husband Mark Hamilton was left to take care of their daughter Kylie, according to ABC News.
Unfortunately, her experience was a partial result of Hamilton being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. However, the Olympian is now moving forward with her life since her secret was exposed in 2012. In her new book, “Fast Girl,” which will be released on Sept. 14, she describes her journey to recovery.
“The whole entire world was watching me,” Hamilton said of the 2000 Sydney Games, as her Olympic dreams were dashed. “That dream of having an Olympic medal was gone and instead of finishing the race, like most runners would, I told myself ‘just fall’ and I fell immediately, it just happened like that.”
Following the revelation of her secret life, Favor-Hamilton was dropped from her sponsorship deals with Disney and the Rock ’n’ Roll race series. She returned to the public’s eye by running the 2014 L.A. Marathon as a charity runner and opening up on her website’s blog, according to SI.
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Suzy Favor Hamilton Details Life As A Las Vegas Call Girl After Running In Olympics
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