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Torah Bright: 'I almost quit snowboarding'

Torah Bright reveals that she almost quit snowboarding due to marital problems with her now ex-husband Jake Welch.

Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has revealed that she almost quit the sport because of her marital problems with Jake Welch.

The 27-year-old and fellow snowboarder Welch got divorced last year.

"When you are in the wrong relationship, everything feels wrong," she told Esquire.

"I thought the problem was snowboarding and I was going to quit. But as soon as he was out of my life I realised it was him.

"Benny (her brother and coach) said, 'If you want to do something really big, qualify for all three snowboard events at the Olympics. I mean, it's just snowboarding.'

"And to get the love of snowboarding back I knew that's what I wanted to do."

Bright won the silver medal in the women's half-pipe event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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Torah Bright of the Australian Snowboarding team poses in the Rosa Khutor Mountain Village ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 6, 2014
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