# Beth Dobbin's 22-Hour Bed Struggle

> Olympic runner Beth Dobbin spends 22 hours daily in bed battling rare disease after Tokyo Games.
- Title: Beth Dobbin's 22-Hour Bed Struggle · New York Post | Shortify
- Summary: Olympic runner Beth Dobbin spends 22 hours daily in bed battling rare disease after Tokyo Games. Beth Dobbin, a former Olympic 200m runner, spends 22 hours a…
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- Source: New York Post — https://nypost.com/2026/10/16/sports/beth-dobbin-ex-olympian-spends-22-hours-a-day-in-bed-with-rare-disease
- Published: 2026-10-16T14:46:59+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: beth dobbin, myalgic encephalomyelitis, olympic, tokyo 2020, 22 hours, rare disease, news, entertainment
## Beth Dobbin's Olympic past
Beth Dobbin, a 32-year-old former Olympic 200m runner for Great Britain, competed in Tokyo 2020.
## 22-hour bed confinement
Beth Dobbin spends 22 hours daily in bed battling myalgic encephalomyelitis, a rare fatigue-inducing illness.
## Symptoms and impact
Conversations cause crashes lasting 24 hours to months; she feels her body 'shutting down' like death.

> I feel like my body is shutting down; it feels like you are a few days from death
## Disease awareness
Dobbin highlights ME's 400,000 UK and 3.3 million US cases, urging athletes to be believed over 'lazy' stereotypes.

> I’ve got a slight platform. If this happened to most people they wouldn’t be able to speak about it
## Key takeaway

Beth Dobbin, a former Olympic 200m runner, spends 22 hours a day in bed with myalgic encephalomyelitis.