The Olympic bronze medalist, 28, had also been struggling with her mental health-and it’s a struggle that is ongoing. And that fracture was only one problem in Seidel’s overall health outlook. The lower back injury, it turns out, really was a full fracture. Keira D’Amato got the call to replace Seidel. “Continuing to train and race would mostly likely lead to a full fracture, so we made the hard decision to pull from worlds,” it read in part. On July 1, Seidel’s agency, Total Sports, issued a statement on Twitter citing the injury. On its face, Molly Seidel’s explanation for pulling out of the World Championships marathon last summer-she had a stress reaction in her sacrum-seemed clear enough.
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