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Article: LISA OUT TO RUN HER SOCKS OFF IN BID TO BE 2012 GOLDEN WONDER.(Sport)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 8, 2009
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Byline: by LAURA WILLIAMSON
WHEN LISA DOBRISKEY was a teenager, she didn't run in coloured socks because she thought it would bring bad luck.
'I thought it was because the dye would make them slip,' she giggles, taking off her trainers to reveal a pair of pink ankle socks that match her fuchsia tracksuit top.
Even though she is the Commonwealth 1500metres champion and world silver medallist, the 25-year-old Dobriskey, originally from Ashford, Kent, still comes across as unashamedly girlie, with an endearing, infectious manner. When we meet at Loughborough's High Performance Centre, she is the big sister, fretting over the arrival of her younger ...