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Social media supports Team USA’s anorexia-battling Abbott after heartbreaking loss

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Mara Abbott had been showing her battle long before her run toward Olympic gold dropped into a medal-free finish in the women’s road race on Sunday.

Battling anorexia and working part-time jobs to allow her to compete, Abbott came within 150 meters of a gold medal before a trio of racers caught her just before the finish line.

When you consider than she ran out of gas at the finish and has a day-to-day fight with eating, it’s extra powerful. The 30-year-old Boulder native shared her story in a piece published by The Guardian:

The eating disorder was more about control than weight, she said.