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Doctors dismissed my health concerns and said I was training too hard. No one knew I was competing in the Olympics without being able to see the hurdles.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gail Devers ... that my eye problems were related to my Graves' disease. Then, only two years ago, I was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease.
I overcame debilitating illness that left me ‘like a skeleton’ to become the last US woman to win Olympic 100m gold
Gaile Devers is one of a kind. The former Olympian is not only one of the most decorated track athletes of all-time, she is ...