Sportshour

Crossing the line

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This week’s Not by the Playbook is “crossing the line”.Aneta Grabmuller is both a winter and summer triathlete. She first started competing at the age of 15, but within a few years she had retired having fallen out of love with the sport. She had been subjected to behaviour from her coach that had crossed the line. She had been convinced that her weight was a problem and started to train harder and eat less. The strain on her body had caused bones to break whilst mentally she was depressed and anxious. Stepping away from the sport she dedicated herself to addressing this issue, one that many female athletes are affected by. She studied, became an IOC Young Leader and a certified safeguarding officer. She found a new way of training and rediscovered her love of the sport. Now aged 25, she is back and better than ever, and when not racing she continues to advocate of REDs (relative energy deficiency in sport).In 1992, the British 400m runner Derek Redmond popped his hamstring in the Olympic semi-final. In absol