Brain-eating amoeba attacks junior Olympian track star Michael Riley

By Catherine Armitage
Updated August 26 2015 - 2:18pm, first published 9:54am
Michael Riley jnr: "The odds are not good". Photo: Facebook
Michael Riley jnr: "The odds are not good". Photo: Facebook
Michael Riley jnr. Photo: Facebook
Michael Riley jnr. Photo: Facebook

A star junior athlete is in a critical condition in the US after a killer parasite is believed to have swum up his nose while he was playing in a lake with his teammates.

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