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Top female Olympians pledge brains to concussion research

USA Hockey gold medalist Angela Ruggiero, bobsledder Elena Meyers Taylor and six-time Canadian hockey Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser added their names to the growing list of female athletes donating their brains for CTE research.

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