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Lucy Gossage – “When life gives you lemons…make lemonade”

By John Levison

Chief Correspondent

Last updated -

8 Jan 2017

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Joanne Murphy (www.tritakingsport.co.uk) talks to the Duracell Bunny, Lucy Gossage in Kona ahead of Saturday’s IRONMAN World Championship 2016.

What do you do when you break your clavicle eight weeks before the biggest race of the year? You can give up, or… you can fight back.

Life throws you lemons sometimes. I need to turn a broken clavicle into lemonade. Might be tricky. Down but not out.

— lucy gossage (@lucygoss) August 7, 2016

Written by

John Levison

TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.

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