Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn fought again tears after overcoming psychological “demons” to assert 50m breaststroke silver on the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships.
Goodburn, 23, was identified with three oligodendrogliomas – a uncommon kind of most cancers which might have an effect on the mind and spinal wire – final 12 months after affected by numbness and seizures within the build-up to Olympic trials.
The character of the tumours makes surgical procedure to take away them unattainable, however Goodburn has has medical remedy to attempt to fight them.
Having certified second quickest for the ultimate, the College of Edinburgh swimmer took silver with a time of 27.76 seconds – simply seven-hundredths of a second behind winner Max Morgan – and was overcome with emotion in his post-race interview.
“Quite a bit,” Goodburn mentioned when requested how a lot resilience it has taken to get on the rostrum.
“I am fortunate to have a incredible household round me, girlfriend, my staff.
“It has been actually robust. The previous few days have been an actual psychological battle – I have been combating much more demons than I believed I might be.
“Effectively achieved to those guys stood beside me – they’re doing a incredible job to be racing on the stage they’re racing at at their age.”
