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High Jumps, Hard Truths: Chaunté Lowe on Early Detection and Hope


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Four-time Olympian and American high jump record holder Chaunté Lowe joins The Unexpected Detour ❤️ to talk about the hardest competition of her life: triple-negative breast cancer.

Chaunté opens up about training and competing while in treatment, advocating for herself in a system that doesn’t always listen to Black women, and finding hope when fear was loud and the future felt uncertain.

This episode is for anyone sitting in a waiting room, navigating a new diagnosis, or walking alongside someone they love.

We talk about:

  • Life before cancer and the pressure of performing at the highest level

  • The day she heard the words “triple-negative breast cancer”

  • Balancing motherhood, marriage, and treatment

  • Why early detection and self-advocacy are critical—especially for Black women

  • What hope looks like now, beyond the stadium lights

If this conversation encourages you, share it with a Survivor, Thriver, or sister in the fight who needs to know she’s not alone.

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