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- Updated: May 1, 2016
British 1500m runner Laura Weightman said she experienced memory loss and an eight-week lay-off from training as a result of severe concussion suffered after a heavy fall in her heat at the Beijing World Championships last summer.
The 2014 European and Commonwealth 1500m medallist is nearing the final stages of preparation for her outdoor season and will return to the track for the first time since her heat in Beijing where she qualified in a time of 4:06.13, but had to withdraw from the start line of the semi-final after being concussed in the heats.
Reflecting on the aftermath of the race, Weightman said: “In the initial couple of days a lot of people who saw me just said I didn’t make any sense.
“My face had no expression, I couldn’t concentrate, couldn’t sit and watch a film or read a book. I had a really bad headache and was really confused.
“I couldn’t sleep and was sending messages home and none of them made any sense. I was really, really in a bad way. Even though I got flown home early I still felt for a long time afterwards that I struggled with not being able to sleep. I was very restless and couldn’t …
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