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Brilliant Georgia Taylor-Brown captures hearts after conquering adversity to grab Olympic silver
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for The Torch to receive email updates about all things Olympics - from Team GB and beyond Imagine conquering a flat tyre to win Olympic silver - and that not being your biggest hurdle.
Enter Mancunian triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown, who reached the podium ten weeks after being on crutches and six weeks after returning to running.
The 27-year-old’s Olympic dream was in jeopardy after suffering a stress response in her femur in May and had to undergo solo testing to prove she was fit enough to make a Games debut.
Taylor-Brown passed a fitness check a week before flying and got to the Tokyo start line, only for a mechanical failure on the final lap of the 40km bike ride to seemingly scupper her chances of a medal.
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