what do you think?
is his sisters death going to affect his preparation?
Some people compete, after a death in the family. Remember the Monday Night Football game a few years ago, when Brett Favre threw for a gazillion yards and set records, one day after the death of his father?
On the bodybuilding front, Darrem Charles lost his mother yet he went on to compete at the Olympia that same year.
And, I think, Charles Ray Arde lost his mother shortly before his national championship class win.
Some competitors feel that, after they grieve for a lost loved one, that their loved one's wish would be for them to keep on keeping on.