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Flaherty fights through rare disease to make Olympic debut

Flaherty fights through rare disease to make Olympic debut
Flaherty fights through rare disease to make Olympic debut

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Puerto Rico’s William Flaherty has endured a long battle with a rare autoimmune disease, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. But after more than 20 surgeries and 75 blood transfusions, Flaherty made his Olympic debut.

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