Menu
Inshorts
For the best experience use inshorts app on your smartphone
inshortsinshorts

Who Is Beth Dobbin? British Olympian bedbound for 22 hours daily

short by / on Friday, 16 October, 2026
Ex-British sprinter Beth Dobbin has revealed she spends 22 hours daily in bed due to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). She broke Scotland's 200m record in 2018, won bronze at the Athletics World Cup and finished seventh at the European Championships that year. Dobbin represented Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics and won CWG bronze in 2022 before retiring in April 2026.
read more at Asianet Newsable