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The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day

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Beth Dobbin ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Five years on, she is largely bedbound after being diagnosed with ME, a devastating illness for which there is no cure

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The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day

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