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The elite athlete was competing in powerlifting events when she was shocked to be diagnosed with breast cancer. She found a way to keep lifting weights during chemotherapy.
Jan Todd’s journey to being the strongest woman in the world began by chance. She was in a local Austin gym with her husband, Terry Todd, in 1973, when she saw another woman deadlift 225 lbs. It was then that she became inspired to lift weights — and ...