Scottish pole vaulter in hospital with allergic reaction

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Scottish pole vaulter in hospital

March 09 2006

Kirsty Maguire, the Scottish pole vault record holder, has been hospitalised in Bendigo after an allergic reaction.
"She is recovering well and her condition will be reviewed with medical staff over the next 48 hours. She will be detained under observation," said team spokesman Katriona Bushe.
Maguire suffers from a pre-existing medical condition. Her family have been informed of the illness.
Maguire, 22, a medical student in Glasgow, was staying at the team's holding camp at La Trobe University in Bendigo when she was taken ill.
The pole vaulter, who holds the Scottish record at 4.01m, has been in fine form recently and was looking forward to a successful games.
In January, in the UK Intercities Indoor Cup in Manchester, she cleared 4.00m to win the pole vault and was on course to improve on that this month.
The women's pole vault final will not be held until March 23 and officials in the Scottish camp are hopeful that Maguire will recover in time to compete.
Kirsty Maguire, the Scottish pole vault record holder, has been hospitalised in Bendigo after an allergic reaction.
"She is recovering well and her condition will be reviewed with medical staff over the next 48 hours. She will be detained under observation," said team spokesman Katriona Bushe.
Maguire suffers from a pre-existing medical condition. Her family have been informed of the illness.
Maguire, 22, a medical student in Glasgow, was staying at the team's holding camp at La Trobe University in Bendigo when she was taken ill.
The pole vaulter, who holds the Scottish record at 4.01m, has been in fine form recently and was looking forward to a successful games.
In January, in the UK Intercities Indoor Cup in Manchester, she cleared 4.00m to win the pole vault and was on course to improve on that this month.
The women's pole vault final will not be held until March 23 and officials in the Scottish camp are hopeful that Maguire will recover in time to compete.

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Health scare no obstacle in Maguire’s drive to scale the heights

DOUG GILLON March 14 2006


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Kirsty Maguire, the Scottish pole vault record-holder, was among the guests at a gala reception hosted by Jack McConnell, the first minister, on the banks of the Yarra in Melbourne last night.
She was fortunate to be there. Five days earlier she was on life support after suffering from anaphylactic shock caused by a peanut allergy. Her condition was known to team management and friends. Indeed, she has previously been given potentially life-saving help by team-mate Gillian Cooke, who knew where she kept her epi-pen and rendered adrenaline assistance.
Just a week after one incident, she vaulted a Scottish indoor record and Maguire, whose mother, Moira, won Commonwealth high jump bronze in 1970, is confident she can return here. "I'm a bit tired, but otherwise I'm fine and I will be competing," she said.
Her allergy was kept under wraps because her family did not wish to worry her elderly grandfather. He is now sadly deceased, so the 22-year-old Edinburgh medical student saw no reason to prolong the secrecy. She should have competed in the last Games but broke a bone in her ankle and had to withdraw.
This latest incident was particularly upsetting given the presence in the Scottish team of Chris Baillie, brother of the national hurdles record holder, Ross, who died of the same allergic reaction.
The team was piped into the Melbourne Arts Centre where the first minister and Commonwealth Games Council chair Louise Martin were hosting a reception last night for the Scotland team.
Cooke, meanwhile, jumped further than any Scottish woman since 1973, when she reached 6.40 metres in Bendigo. There was also a high jump personal best of 2.19m from Mark Taylor, while Shirley Webb won the hammer with 64.95 metres.
Kirsty Maguire, the Scottish pole vault record-holder, was among the guests at a gala reception hosted by Jack McConnell, the first minister, on the banks of the Yarra in Melbourne last night.
She was fortunate to be there. Five days earlier she was on life support after suffering from anaphylactic shock caused by a peanut allergy. Her condition was known to team management and friends. Indeed, she has previously been given potentially life-saving help by team-mate Gillian Cooke, who knew where she kept her epi-pen and rendered adrenaline assistance.
Just a week after one incident, she vaulted a Scottish indoor record and Maguire, whose mother, Moira, won Commonwealth high jump bronze in 1970, is confident she can return here. "I'm a bit tired, but otherwise I'm fine and I will be competing," she said.
Her allergy was kept under wraps because her family did not wish to worry her elderly grandfather. He is now sadly deceased, so the 22-year-old Edinburgh medical student saw no reason to prolong the secrecy. She should have competed in the last Games but broke a bone in her ankle and had to withdraw.
This latest incident was particularly upsetting given the presence in the Scottish team of Chris Baillie, brother of the national hurdles record holder, Ross, who died of the same allergic reaction.
The team was piped into the Melbourne Arts Centre where the first minister and Commonwealth Games Council chair Louise Martin were hosting a reception last night for the Scotland team.
Cooke, meanwhile, jumped further than any Scottish woman since 1973, when she reached 6.40 metres in Bendigo. There was also a high jump personal best of 2.19m from Mark Taylor, while Shirley Webb won the hammer with 64.95 metres.
Kirsty Maguire, the Scottish pole vault record-holder, was among the guests at a gala reception hosted by Jack McConnell, the first minister, on the banks of the Yarra in Melbourne last night.
She was fortunate to be there. Five days earlier she was on life support after suffering from anaphylactic shock caused by a peanut allergy. Her condition was known to team management and friends. Indeed, she has previously been given potentially life-saving help by team-mate Gillian Cooke, who knew where she kept her epi-pen and rendered adrenaline assistance.
Just a week after one incident, she vaulted a Scottish indoor record and Maguire, whose mother, Moira, won Commonwealth high jump bronze in 1970, is confident she can return here. "I'm a bit tired, but otherwise I'm fine and I will be competing," she said.
Her allergy was kept under wraps because her family did not wish to worry her elderly grandfather. He is now sadly deceased, so the 22-year-old Edinburgh medical student saw no reason to prolong the secrecy. She should have competed in the last Games but broke a bone in her ankle and had to withdraw.
This latest incident was particularly upsetting given the presence in the Scottish team of Chris Baillie, brother of the national hurdles record holder, Ross, who died of the same allergic reaction.
The team was piped into the Melbourne Arts Centre where the first minister and Commonwealth Games Council chair Louise Martin were hosting a reception last night for the Scotland team.

[Bruce Caldwell]

You participate in one of the most daring sports the Pole Vault and almost die because you ate a peanut. Life is strange.
Get well Kristy