Welsh triathlete Issy Morris may only be in the early stages of her career, but she has already overcome far more than most.
At the Birmingham Commonwealth Games she secured an impressive 19th place in the women’s triathlon race, a promising achievement from afar. But when you dig deeper into what the 23-year-old has gone through, the fact she was even on the start line is a miracle in itself.
In 2020, after changing her form of contraception, it was discovered that Morris was suffering from Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport - also known as RED-S - as well as osteopenia; low bone density. It was the outcome of her 20-hour-a-week training schedule but, unknown to Morris at the time, her lack of nutrition as well as her contraception was doing untold damage to her body.
