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Health Is Nettey's Greatest Hurdle On Road To Rio

Christabel Nettey's Twitter account is @queenchristabel. It's a fitting handle for the unquestioned queen of Canadian long jumping.

Nettey, who grew up in Surrey, British Columbia, is one of just two Canadian women with an Olympic qualifying mark (6.50 meters or better) in the long jump (heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton is the other), making her a virtual lock to compete at the Summer Olympics next month in Rio de Janeiro.

The former Sun Devil set indoor and outdoor personal bests of 6.99 meters (indoors at the XL Galan and outdoors at the Prefontaine Classic in 2015).