![]() Those who did know about her situation were burdened with having to respect her request for privacy, unable to call on the large network of friends and fans who could have activated a GoFundMe campaign or set up other helpful initiatives. ![]() A famously-private person, she seemed to have become a recluse. She walked out of the 1996 Olympics-and the following year her career-after clashing with her coaches over having to use a ‘superbike’ she didn’t get on with.Īfter she retired, she dropped off the radar. She had a few bad crashes and concussion. She had two marriages that ended in divorce. She took a career break when she was 26 after burning out from overtraining. It would be hard to imagine a more perfect ambassador for the sport, and it’s difficult to comprehend now how the life of someone so talented, intelligent and captivating could go so badly awry.īut Twigg’s life wasn’t quite so perfect as it appeared on the outside. ![]() If the message boards of cycling forums are anything to go by, she was the crush of just about every straight American male cycling fan of the time. She was kind to other riders and to her fans, especially young girls who dreamt of turning pro. She was strikingly attractive, her radiant good looks appearing in adverts and on magazine covers, immortalised most memorably in an Annie Leibovitz shoot for Vanity Fair.
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