According to Matias Myttynen, in recent years he has felt that his life is falling apart.
Myttynen and Harala were photographed at the Kaleva Games in Espoo this summer. Harala won the championship gold in the games. Tomi Natri / AOP
100m hurdles SE woman Lotta Harala33, and ex-hockey player Matias Myttynen35, said on Tuesday that they were separating.
The separation came as a shock to many outsiders. Harala and Myttynen started dating in 2013, were still in Tokyo in September at the World Athletics Championships as an athlete-coach couple and also represented together in October at a PR event for a clinic chain specializing in fertility treatments.
Harala and Myttynen did not disclose the reasons for the separation.
Life falls apart
Just one month before the breakup, Myttynen published a sensitive but sometimes violent text on social media.
In the picture published on Instagram, Myttynen looks at Harala on the athletics field.
Myttynen wrote that the shot, which on the surface looks like a fairly ordinary sports photo, has a deeper meaning for him.
– To me, our story is about two people who have a desire, stemming from unconditional love, to help each other grow, liberate and shine, Myttynen wrote.
Myttynen told how Harala, who lived according to his own values and inspired many other people, is also Myttynen’s inspiration and object of admiration.
Myttynen revealed that he has had a hard time behind the scenes.
– In addition to all that, you have been my support and security behind the scenes in recent years when I felt like my life was falling apart. The only person to whom I have been able to show myself at my weakest. I’m sure I don’t even fully understand its importance yet.
Bring out the dark sides
A month ago, Myttynen did not specify what kind of difficulties he has faced.
However, he said that he experienced feelings of not being able to catch anything.
– You have been patiently holding the vomit bucket, although at times it has felt like no progress is being made, and there are no signs of it.
According to Myttynen, his dark sides have come out.
– You have watched as a man learns to live with emotions and how to release them. Revealing yourself to someone at your rawest and ugliest is very healing but heavy for the other. I don’t understand how you managed it. Thanks for that.
According to Myttynen, his “entire belief and identity system” has collapsed. The ex-hockey player wrote that Haralakin has suffered but has not asked for recognition or honor for the work of the “quiet hero”.
Myttynen described Harala as a fierce woman.
– I haven’t seen you in the middle of my own childish pain. Today I appreciate you endlessly.
Training patterns?
In an interview with Iltalehti in the summer of 2024, Harala did not call Myttyse a coach. Instead, Harala has talked about the team he has built around him.
Harala said at the time that Myttynen has obtained training in the field of functional neuroscience.
It is known that Myttynen has also studied Kalevala’s limb correction.
In terms of sports, the open question is whether the difference affects Harala’s coaching patterns. Last year, Harala said that Myttynen is heavily involved in training planning and is largely responsible for physical training.
Harala has not been in a traditional athlete-coach relationship for a while, but has described that he has created his own way of working.
Harala’s main competition next season will be the EC outdoor track competition in August in Birmingham.