CNN —British distance runner Jessica Warner-Judd says that she has provisionally been diagnosed with a form of epilepsy after collapsing mid-race at the European Athletics Championships.
Warner-Judd was competing in the final of the women’s 10,000 meters in Rome when she had a seizure with about 600 meters left until the finish.
“From getting the bus to the warm up track, I can’t explain it – something felt off,” Warner-Judd wrote in the post.
“It has been an incredibly tough couple of months and has culminated in me being provisionally diagnosed with focal epilepsy,” she added.
The 29-year-old, who placed eighth at last year’s world championships, thanked British Athletics and her friends and family for their support over the past few months.
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