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An athlete who runs in backward direction because of some rare health condition

Running in backward direction is not a joke now, as an athlete runs backwards for last many years.

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According to the report, the 46 year old athlete, Laura Cattivera, from California, is suffering from a rare neurological condition, called focal dystonia, which causes involuntary muscular contractions and hence prevents her from running in a straight line.

She first noticed the symptom in 1992 Olympic trials and since then she is struggling with it.

Initially, she tried to run in zig-zag direction but it didn’t worked out much, so she started running backwards.

She said in a talk “I always had a passion for running and I was determined nothing was going to stop me”.

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An athlete who runs in backward direction because of some rare health condition