Anna Shackley forced to retire from professional cycling at the age of 22 years old after being diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia

In this day and age, I’m actually surprised pros are not systematically tested for this (if only to avoid the financial risks of signing contracts). It is not something difficult to spot and enough amateur athletes have been found dead by the side of roads and forest paths to understand it is far more common than society imagines. We have cardiac stimulators in practically every village for the old, we systematically test certain cancers after 40, 50 etc. is it because we imagine young sporty people to be invincible that doctors don’t systematically screen for the most frequent heart conditions? Where I used to live you could not get a « pro » cycling licence above 50 without doing an ECG despite a BMJ study finding : « In addition, younger athletes (aged under 55) had a much higher risk (3.6 times) of atrial fibrillation than older athletes (aged 55 and older) who were 76% more likely to have the condition than non-athletes. » So basically a few crazy old guys with lower risk who are ready to go get tested while tons of higher risk youths don’t?? A policy which makes as much sense as the Red Cross outside the UK refusing blood donations from ANYONE having spent a cumulative 7 weeks in the UK during the years of BSE (mad cow), should we now fear vegetarians (I am just a hobby vegetarian) were fed stuff unknowingly???

It reminds me of Sergio Aguero, who were forced to retired from club football, [at his current club, at the time, FC Barcelona] due to irregular heart beats, he once collapes on the pitch due that heart issue. He was 32 at the time. She is young, much younger than Sergio, so she has more options on her side. She is pretty smart, from my view, so maybe she can be a cycling team's CEO or a director of her team. Her options are endless