After cancer treatment, UNC diver Emily Grund makes her return to the pool
Posted Jan 25, 2023
There was a time when Emily Grund doubted the possibility of ever diving again. But, in the words of her head coach Yaidel Gamboa, she’s better and stronger than before. The North Carolina redshirt senior diver made her long-awaited comeback to the pool this season after battling acute promyelocytic leukemia – a form of bone marrow cancer – last year.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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