PARIS – Calgary speed skater Brooklyn McDougall, who struggled to understand why she fell into post-Olympic depression after her Games debut at Beijing 2022, has painted her way to better mental health, and a summer Olympiad.

Her striking portraits of three female gold medalists from Paris 1900, entitled The Trailblazers, is on exhibit at Club 24 Palais de Tokyo. McDougall was one of 85 Olympians from 32 countries to submit projects for the Olympian Artists programme, and one of just six whose work was accepted for display here.