Leukaemia 'thousands of times harder' than expected: Japan swimmer Ikee.
Japanese swim queen Rikako Ikee, the poster girl for next year's Tokyo Olympics, has said battling her recently diagnosed leukaemia has proved"thousands of times harder" than she expected.
The news sent shockwaves through the sporting world and well-wishes have flooded in for Ikee, a genuine title contender at the 2020 Olympics in her home city. Leukaemia is a cancer of blood-forming cells. There are different types of leukaemia, depending on the type of blood cell that becomes cancer and whether it is acute or chronic.
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