Gabriela Dabrowski shocks: He had cancer when he won the medal at the Paris Olympics

Gabriela Dabrowski held the top season of her double career and along with Felix Aliasim they won the silver medal for Canada in Paris, but at the same time she was giving “a battle” with cancer. With a shocking message on the instagram, Gabriela Dabrowski revealed her diagnosis with breast cancer, which she faced within 2024, alongside her games at the top level of tennis. The Canadian tennis player “scan” in the cort and reached the peak with the Olympic medal in Paris, but her biggest victory hit her out of court. CORVERSE Gabriela Dabrowski’s post “How can something so small cause such a big problem?”. That’s the question I asked myself when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in mid-April. I know this is gonna be a shock to a lot of people, but I am and I’m gonna be okay. Early prevention saves lives and I can confirm that. In the spring of 2023 I felt a tumor in my left breast. A few months later, a doctor told me it was nothing, and I shouldn’t worry. So I wasn’t worried. Time passed and in the spring of 2024 I thought the tumor was a little longer. A WTA doctor told me she wasn’t sure what she was, so I have to go run some tests. ADVERSE First, a mammography. Then an ultrasound to confirm what appeared in mammography. Third… a call from the radiologist describing the X-rays to me, warning me of a cyst-like lump due to its irregular shape. “It doesn’t look good and I want you to do a biopsy immediately”. The next day I was doing a biopsy on my left breast. The first results we learned on the same day: cancer. It’s the words you never want to hear, and in a moment, it’ll turn your life upside down. Two surgeries, recovery, rehabilitation, a slight delay in certain treatments so that I can compete at Wimbledon and the Olympics. Radiotherapy and fatigue (during Toronto and the US Open), initiation of endocrine therapy, completion of the season as best I can… everything seems surreal. Why am I telling my story now? For a long time I did not see myself able to be exposed to the general public and potential questions. I wanted to handle everything privately, informing only my closest people. There were many unknown things, but much we had to learn as we moved on. Today, I am at a point where I know more about my treatment, its side effects and how to deal with them. I’m aware of how lucky I am, because many people don’t have the luxury of telling their stories. As time passed, I began to recognize that I was a part of something bigger than me. I wanted to share publications I saw about the importance of early prevention, eating habits and lifestyles, experts from whom I must learn that the feeling of desire to contribute to others in a positive way was the beginning of this post. The first thing I saw when I came in to do my first mammography was a sign saying breast cancer was practically 100% non-lethal. My intentions, when I share these experiences, are to stress the quality of life you can maintain when cancer is detected in time, when you have access to very talented and devoted doctors, when you look after yourself mentally, physically and spiritually and when you are surrounded by people who really love you. Sometimes things happen to us that we can’t control. It’s not fair. All we can do is choose how to react. It sounds cliché, but it’s true. Diagnosis gave me the opportunity to see these obstacles through a different perspective. If you’ve seen me smile more on the field in the last six months, it was real. But it wasn’t always like that. While working to improve my attitude in life for years through treatment, my diagnosis of cancer was the turning point for a much greater change. When you’re threatened to lose everything you’ve worked for your whole life, then you start to really appreciate what you have. My favorite parents, friends who love me, incredible coaches, my double teammate who stayed next to me, forming a real team. My attitude changed from “I have to do this” to “I can do this”. Through this vision I find much easier joy in things I previously saw as a plaque. I tell cancer go fuck yourself@@@, but thank you too.”