Katie Bone, a 19-year-old Northern Colorado resident, wants to keep her focus on Olympic dreams.

Of course, that can be difficult when her blood sugar levels keep seizing her attention.

Bone was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 11 and for years she’s been an advocate for it. This past July, in fact, she spoke to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, discussing her condition in concert with her hopes of qualifying in the sport of speed climbing for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

She covered toll diabetes has taken on her body and mental health. And how her athletic aspirations have and will continue to be complicated by her condition. Her hope was that her story could help get renewed federal funds for the Special Diabetes Program.

Per Breakthrough T1D, an organizat

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