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    Finding Focus

    Feb 10, 2021 3 minutes
    By Emma Levett

    Nutrition

    “It’s OK to be more relaxed”

    eaching for the lolly bag, Anja Stridsman refuses to feel guilty. While she’s known for being tough, the lightweight boxer has relaxed her schedule, stopped being fixated on her kilojoule intake and is using this period of uncertainty to refocus. The 33-year-old Commonwealth Games gold medallist had been working hard towards qualification for the Tokyo Games and was at peak fitness, weighing the ideal amount for her boxing category, when the world changed. “I’m letting

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