Articles featuring Bobby Clay - British Runner
The following articles I have put together that follows Bobby Clay, a British runner that has suffered from RED-S during her athletic career and now lives with osteoporosis.
The latest article released on 12 March 2021, by Emma Cluley & Jemma Clarke on BBC Sport.
Bobby Clay: British athlete on body acceptance after RED-s caused osteoporosis
"When I was losing weight, I felt like a true athlete."
Bobby Clay's problem was she was listening to what others were saying, rather than what her body was telling her. And it brought a premature end to her athletics career.
Rewind to 2015 and Clay, then 18, was a European 1500m champion and regarded as one of Britain's best middle-distance prospects.
Yet behind the scenes, a different story was unfolding. Following years of undereating and overtraining, her bones were so brittle they were breaking.
Aged 19, Clay was diagnosed with osteoporosis. Starved of oestrogen, she'd never had a period.
This article was released 26 February 2021, by Fiona Tomas on The Telegraph
Why women's sport cannot ignore the 'alarm bell' of missing periods
Bobby Clay was tipped to be athletics’ next big star - but was diagnosed with osteoporosis at 18 after years of overtraining and undereating
Bobby Clay remembers the tear that slid down her mother’s face in the surgery, trying to process the doctor’s earth-shattering words. She was 20.
“He turned to my mum and said ‘Your daughter will never have children”. She didn’t say a word. That’s when I decided to change,” Clay tells Telegraph Sport.
You can also catch Bobby’s story on the Olympic Channel Podcast
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