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Australia’s first female Olympic cyclist Julie Speight donating brain for medical research
Women’s sport trailblazer Julie Speight knows success at the elite level relies as much on mental fortitude as it does on physical strength.
Key points:
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is thought to be caused by repetitive concussions and blows to the head
- Julie Speight, Australia’s first female Olympic cyclist, suffers long-term effect from her head injuries
- Doctor Reider Lystad says cycling helmets offer limited protection from the repetitive concussions that cause CTE
Yet the woman who became Australia’s first female Olympic cyclist in 1988 now worries too little attention is paid to the toll cycling takes on the brains of athletes like her.
The former Olympian has promised to donate her brain to medical research, knowing it could one day…
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