Canada's Gabrielle Daleman returns to Grand Prix circuit after struggling with non-stop injuries

This Colorado rink isn't where Gabby Dailman expected to be training at this point in her career. I don't know how I did that. I missed my toe pick. But at 28, she felt the move was her best chance of making a comeback. I just liked that everywhere I looked, someone was either doing triple triples or quads or triple axel. I never felt more motivated, and it just seemed like the right place to be pushed after everything I went through. No question, Gabby Dillman has been through her share of ups and downs. Early in her career, success came fast and furious. Gabby Dillman, you are Canada's new champion. She won a national title at 16, a world championship medal at 18, and Olympic gold in the team event a year later. But not long after that, things began to unravel. A boatload of injuries resulted in half a dozen surgeries over the next six years. Those physical hurdles, along with mental health struggles, either kept Gabby from competing at full strength or kept her completely off the ice for months at a time. There were days where I couldn't get out of bed or even couldn't step foot in the gym. And it was like constant months and months of just me being in pain. So when I kind of lost everything, I was like, oh my God, what's happening? I genuinely wouldn't wish what I went through on anyone. A little lost, but good fight. It just seems a poor kid just can't catch a break. You know, she gets back, gets hurt again, and then came back and hurt again. But for her to push through that is amazing. It wasn't easy. It was a struggle. But that's more why I decided to up and move my life and do whatever I could because I wanted to look back on my career and be like, I did that, I ended it my way. I was wondering how it started, like a meter earlier. Yeah, a meter. Don't make fun of Canadians here. Sorry. When she first came out here, she was really gung-ho and wanted to do everything and push through, and it's like, okay, hang on, let's back up a little bit, let's take a little bit more time and build back up again. The biggest competition in years came in January at the Canadian National Championships. No hesitation, and that's how you do it. While Gabby's well-earned second-place finish felt like redemption, it wasn't enough to send her to the Worlds or Olympics. But what that silver medal confirmed was she wasn't done with skating yet. And if she could remain injury-free, maybe just maybe, she could reclaim her national title and earn her first trip to the World Championships in eight long years. I'm just grateful for everything I've been through because it became who I am if you take the gamble on yourself You can achieve anything