Paris Phillips of the North Carolina State University Wolfpack was diagnosed with juvenile Diabetes after her first semester at college.

Paris posted an excellent article on how she’s dealt with that medical challenge while staying in the sport. In fact, she was only off training for one month total.

Over the past few years Paris has been talking to younger gymnasts and people in sport who have been diagnosed.

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(via Luba)