Her strong feelings on the subject had also recently caused a rift in her relationship with her long-time coaches Keith and Kevin Hanson. Athletics lobbied the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to ban it in 2015. Thyroid medication has never been listed as a banned substance, though USADA and U.K. Thyroid medication is taken to combat the chronic fatigue and weight gain that can come with low thyroid levels, and it has become controversial in the endurance sports world due to concern that athletes could take it to improve performance. That makes it all the more confusing when she is diagnosed with hypothyroidism, a common condition in which the thyroid gland fails to produce enough thyroid hormone to support bodily functions. Linden is a fierce advocate for clean sport, and the fact that her defining Olympic experience was the 2016 Games, in which both the gold and silver medalists in the women's marathon later served doping bans, hardens her perspective. (Photo Credit: Brooks) Hypothyroidism: A Life-changing Diagnosis Desiree Linden crosses the finish line at the 2018 Boston Marathon, the first American woman to place first in 33 years.
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