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🗓️ 20 August 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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In her early teens, Morgan Stickney was a highly accomplished swimmer who had a legitimate shot at the Olympics. Then came a mysterious series of injuries that upended her life and left doctors across the country scratching their heads. Now, a decade later, Morgan is one of the U.S.‘s top swimmers and a favorite to win gold at the Tokyo Paralympics.
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0:46.0 | Growing up, Morgan's stigney was a nationally ranked swimmer who had a legitimate shot at the Olympics, |
1:01.0 | and then came a stunning series of injuries and surgeries. |
1:06.0 | Today, how Morgan overcame an unbelievable series of challenges, |
1:11.0 | and is now one of the favourites to bring home gold at the Tokyo Paralympics. |
1:16.0 | Morgan's stigney there though, she's just, she's going to say never say die I think on this race. |
1:22.0 | From Wondry in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Friday, August 20th, and this is The Lead. |
1:32.0 | Well hello there, co-host Anders Kelto. |
1:35.0 | Hello co-host Tiffany Oshinsky, how are you? |
1:38.0 | I'm doing very well. How are you doing? |
1:41.0 | Not too bad. |
1:42.0 | Or mixing things up a little bit today, and you are going to be the one on the other side of the mic telling us the story. |
1:49.0 | That is right, Tiff. I have dusted off the old reporter hat. I'm slipping it on, and I am hoping it still fits. |
1:56.0 | So the story you're going to tell us is about a young woman you recently interviewed, a swimmer named Morgan's stigney, |
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