Team GB golfer Charley Hull has said the Olympic ban on smoking may harm her chances as cigarettes help her relax after her ADHD diagnosis last year. The Telegraph has more.
Charley Hull has been banned from smoking while playing in the Olympic tournament here at Le Golf National and the Englishwoman fears it might hamper her chance of gold.
Hull went viral on the internet recently when she was pictured with a cigarette hanging from her mouth as she signed autographs for fans at the U.S. Women’s Open. The 28-year-old laughed off the exposure, saying “everyone in my family smokes – my dad goes through 40 a day”.
Hull, who describes herself as a “gym freak”, is supremely fit, but believes that puffing away helps after being diagnosed last year with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the world No. 11, will not be able to rely on tobacco relief for the 72-hole event that starts on Wednesday.
“Yeah, I do smoke on the course, it’s just something I do,” Hull said. “It’s a habit but I won’t do this week.” When asked why, she replied: “I don’t think you’re allowed.”
And Hull seriously does believe it will affect her as she tries to replicate Justin Rose’s gold in 2016 and Tommy Fleetwood’s silver on Sunday. “Yeah, I think it will,” Hull said. “Because it relaxes me a little bit. But it is what it is.”
The Paris organisers have been asked for comment, but insiders said that nobody was allowed to smoke on Olympic sites – including fans.
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