Jet, June 3rd, 1996
'Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story' portrays how Devers overcame Graves Disease to win a gold medal in the 100-meter sprint in the 1992 Olympics. She also plans to compete in the 1996 Olympics. Charlayne Woodard plays Devers in the movie.
Olympic track and field hopeful Gail Devers was a woman who had everything - a loving family and friends, a new husband and a promising track career.
But then tragedy struck. She was stricken with Graves Disease, a horrifying ailment in which the thyroid gland is enlarged and short circuits the metabolic and nervous systems.
For a finely tuned runni...
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