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World Service,10 mins

Under fueled, over trained

Not by the Playbook

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British Middle distance runner Bobby Clay had the world at her feet... at just 18, she was hailed as a star of the future for Team GB after taking Gold at the 2015 European Junior Championships. But her success came at a huge cost. A combination of over training and under eating from the age of 15 has robbed her of puberty and left her with the bone disease Osteoporosis, all in the quest for glory... (Photo: Bobby Clay, British middle distance runner. Credit: Bobby Clay)

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