Ronnie O'Sullivan Withdraws from British Open: What is Known About the Reasons.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is Training and Taking Care of His Health

According to The Sun: The famous snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan has been actively exercising lately, keeping an eye on his physical shape.

During the lockdown, he lost about two stones and has fallen in love with running again.

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In his fitness program, the 49-year-old athlete has also incorporated weightlifting, but has not forgotten about intense boxing training.

On Tuesday, O'Sullivan shared a video of himself training on the heavy bag and with pads with a coach at Avona Boxing Club on his Instagram.

“I believe that competitiveness is something deep inside me. I feel that I need to have this competitive edge to keep moving forward.”

He added:

“And I always picked someone and thought: 'Okay, I want to be better than them'. And when I achieved that, I wanted to be better than the next one.”

O'Sullivan emphasized that by setting goals, training becomes easier, and noted:

“Everything that can give you that edge over an opponent needs to be done.”

In the posted video, he also talked about his training philosophy:

“Competitiveness has always driven me. I set goals, achieve them, and then strive for the next ones.”

This boxing training post appeared just a few days after the athlete showcased his strength training.

It is worth noting that the seven-time world champion recently withdrew from the British Open for reasons that remain unknown.

'I would rather not have snooker, just a normal family' - about Ronnie O'Sullivan's difficult childhood

Ronnie O'Sullivan has become the biggest star of snooker and has an impressive career.

However, his troubled past has led to struggles with mental health, addiction, and weight fluctuations.

O'Sullivan's parents owned a chain of sex shops in Essex, and his father was sentenced to 20 years for murder when Ronnie was only 16.

In the Amazon documentary 'The Edge of Everything', the snooker player admitted that his father's imprisonment had a significant impact on him.

“I wouldn’t want to blame everything on that situation with my father, but I thought: ‘I’d rather not have snooker, just a normal family’. Because… it was a dream, but looking back, it was a nightmare.”

A year later, Ronnie became the youngest UK champion, just seven days shy of his 18th birthday. And at 19, in 1994, he became the youngest Masters champion.

But he had already started abusing alcohol and drugs, and when his mother went to jail for tax evasion in 1996, it was hard for him to cope with raising his eight-year-old sister.

Ronnie O'Sullivan demonstrated that focusing on physical fitness and training are crucial elements of his preparation for competitions. Despite his troubled past, the athlete finds the strength for self-improvement and achieving new heights. However, his decision to withdraw from the British Open provides additional reason to reflect on future plans and challenges in the career of this remarkable athlete.