{"id":653164,"date":"2026-09-11T10:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=653164"},"modified":"2026-09-11T10:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:58:19","slug":"slovenian-olympian-katja-fain-reveals-leukemia-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/slovenian-olympian-katja-fain-reveals-leukemia-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovenian Olympian Katja Fain Reveals Leukemia Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slovenian Olympian Katja Fain Reveals Leukemia Diagnosis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slovenian Olympian Katja Fain<\/strong> revealed this week on social media<\/a> that she is battling chronic myeloid leukemia.<\/p>\n

Fain posted on social media this week detailing \u201cthe hardest race of my life.\u201d An Olympian in Tokyo and Paris, the 25-year-old had withdrawn from European Championships and the Mediterranean Games this summer due to a health matter. This week, she revealed that to be a bout of blood cancer that was revealed to her on June 30.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Katja Fain (@katjafain.swim)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n