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Georgia Baker - Enduring loss and heartbreak on the road to Tokyo 2020

 

Georgia Baker - Enduring loss and heartbreak on the road to Tokyo 2020

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Georgia Baker of Australia celebrates after winning the Women's Madison with Annette Edmondson during Day Three of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup at Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome on November 10, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Tokyo 2020 Track Cyclist Georgia Baker is the embodiment of an endurance athlete, not just for what she does on the bike, but for facing the devastating loss of her father, a medal-robbing crash at Rio 2016 and a heart condition that threatened to end her career.