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DARK SECRETS: British swimmer archie goodburn diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours - The Real Truth

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British swimmer Archie Goodburn has revealed he has been diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours.

Tests conducted after this year’s Olympic trials found the 22-year-old, who won bronze in the men’s 50m breaststroke at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in Hungary and has represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, has three large oligodendrogliomas - a rare form of diffuse and progressive brain cancer - which cannot be operated on.

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