.MandyMarquardt of USACycling & TeamNovoNordisk is training for Tokyo2020 with diabetes.
When sprint track cyclist Mandy Marquardt was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 16, a doctor told her that her dream of competing at the elite level wasn't attainable. That, however, didn't stop her in the slightest. Now, she's a two-time US national record holder, an 18-time US national champion, and a member of the Team USA World Cup since 2014.
At the time of Marquardt's diabetes diagnosis, she was living in Germany and her end-of-year testing showed she had elevated blood sugar levels. She was in the hospital for two weeks after that for more tests but said she she was concerned about prior."It just felt like my whole world turned upside down because I was not sure if I was going to still be able to train or do the same things," she explained.A doctor told Marquardt high-level racing was out of the question, and she recalled that the doctor never really specified why. But, she can speculate: there are many stressors that a competitive athlete deals with, and having Type 1 diabetes might come at a disadvantage.
After Marquardt was diagnosed, she moved back to Florida to live with her mom and worked with an endocrinologist there on figuring out the right foods to eat to help manage her blood sugars . Diet is something she continues to focus on while training, especially since protein, fiber, and carbs are important to eat as an athlete and she wants to keep her power-to-weight ratio at a good range on the bike, she said.
"I just go for things that I do not have to take as much insulin for," Marquardt told POPSUGAR."That has also been helpful for me to manage my weight. Everybody is different in that way, but with all the training that I do it is just important that I am fueling and keeping my weight stable." She continued on to say that, in general, being an athlete is hard, but having diabetes on top of it is even harder.
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