Mental health awareness in both German society and sport has improved dramatically in the last decade. "I would say that we have broken down taboos, meaning that we talk more openly with friends and colleagues about topics such as depression or anxiety disorders, and we also have many prominent figures who talk about their experiences," Johanna Belz, a sports psychologist at Germany's most famous sports university, in Cologne, told DW.   "In the past, we always said that competitive athletes