The 23-year-old gained bronze within the males’s 50m breaststroke on the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships and has represented Scotland on the Commonwealth Video games.
British swimmer Archie Goodburn has revealed he has been recognized with incurable mind most cancers.
The 23-year-old turned conscious of three massive tumours outlined as oligodendrogliomas – a uncommon type of diffuse and progressive mind most cancers – that are inoperable, after exams performed following this yr’s Olympic trials.
He has beforehand gained bronze within the males’s 50m breaststroke on the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships and represented Scotland on the Commonwealth Video games.
In a publish on his Instagram, Goodburn stated: “Six weeks in the past, my life skilled a profound change as I used to be recognized with three mind tumours.”
His coaching had begun to be interrupted by “unusual episodes” in December of final yr.
Whereas at first these episodes had been considered migraines, the suspected seizures left him with a lack of power, and numbing sensation down his left-hand aspect.
He continued: “The seizures grew in depth and frequency within the lead-up to the 2024 Olympic trials in April, one thing I would aimed for and skilled for nearly my complete life.
“I used to be decided on reaching my desires, so I continued to coach on by way of the seizures.
“I narrowly missed the Olympic staff by only a few tenths of a second, putting third in an occasion with solely two spots.
“With the trials behind me, I dug deeper into what was actually inflicting these assaults.
“An MRI in Could lastly revealed what I would begun to concern probably the most.”
Whereas surgical procedure would have been the popular choice, Goodburn stated he’s hopeful radiotherapy and chemotherapy will show efficient.
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He stated: “The silver lining to this analysis is that oligodendrogliomas usually reply higher to radiotherapy and chemotherapy than many different critical mind tumour varieties.
“They’re usually slow-growing and these tumours are possible years previous.”
Regardless of the analysis, the swimmer stated he was going to stay optimistic.
He added: “I’m younger, I’m match, I’ve probably the most phenomenal assist community of mates, the most effective household I might ever hope for and a implausible girlfriend by my aspect.
“I’m decided to take this head-on, to stay constructive and to maintain being Archie.”
