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Exercise can trigger asthma, but many athletes can still compete and succeed in sports with the condition. According to a 2023 study in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Sports , asthma ...
She won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won gold in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and 4×100-meter medley relay.
2024 Paris Olympics: Tamara Potocká cites 'total exhaustion,' not asthma attack for collapse following women's 200m IM qualifying heat
During the 1984 Olympics, she missed winning a fifth medal by 7/100th of a second, when she suffered a bronchial spasm that led to a diagnosis of asthma. After the initial disbelief, she accepted her condition and learned to monitor and control it. [16] From 1984 to 1996, Hogshead-Makar lectured around the world about asthma management.
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He suffered from asthma and didn't take up athletics till he was 22. He never told the British Amateur Athletic Board of his Asthma, afraid he would miss being selected for the Mexico Olympic Games, and other overseas trips. He went on to represent Great Britain on 33 occasions, which was a record for a sprinter at that time.
The International Olympic Committee recommends the eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation (EVH) challenge as the test to document exercise-induced asthma in Olympic athletes. [11] In the EVH challenge, the patient voluntarily, without exercising, rapidly breathes dry air enriched with 5% CO 2 for six minutes.
Olympians with underlying conditions, including Lyles, who has asthma, may be at an increased risk for complications from COVID. And even athletes with mild cases of COVID may have reduced ...