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By Hope Cristol
Follow pro sports and sooner or later you’ll see rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sideline a star. After tennis champ Caroline Wozniacki was diagnosed in 2018, she dropped from top rankings and retired in 2020. The same year, RA forced top cyclist Ian Stannard into retirement.
News like that can worry any athlete with RA. If elite performers can’t power through their sports, what hope do the rest of us have?
Plenty, it turns out. First, some pro athletes do stay in the game with RA, like Olympic snowboarder Spencer O’Brien. Second, countless people with RA are able to train, compete, and achieve their dreams.