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Duggan Called 'The Toughest Woman at the Olympics'

Accolades continue to flow in for Danvers’ Meghan Duggan, who is captaining the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team at the Sochi Olympics.

Duggan’s team is already 2-0 after a decisive 9-0 win over Switzerland on Monday. The team has a real test in its next game, which is against Canada on Wednesday.

Duggan was profiled by Cosmopolitan for a feature about the Olympics. The article talks about how Duggan has battled back from a major concussion two years ago.

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She talked about not being able to talk or eat and how she sat in her parents’ Danvers home “nearly comatose” for months.

A year after the injury, Duggan checked into the Life Functional Neurology Center in Georgia where she worked for a week in “nontraditional, intense neurological therapy.”

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She returned to the ice in February 2013. Duggan said she is taking a risk playing hockey, but needed to play in the Olympics.

"There were times that were really bad where I didn’t know how it would end up for me, so I definitely feel lucky,” she told Cosmo. “I think back [to] when I was struggling really bad. I was thinking of the pros and cons of getting back in and actually taking another hit. But since I’ve been back and I feel strong and I haven’t had any problems, I don’t feel any hesitation.”


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