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Article: NOW FATIMA'S A SLIMLINE MUM; New baby Ryan is ultimate prize for Olympic champ.(Features)
- Article from:
- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 26, 1998
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FATIMA Whitbread looks lovingly at the tiny, golden-haired child in her arms. "I still can't quite believe it," she says softly.
"I've longed for this beautiful creature all my life and now he's here I can't actually believe he's mine.
"He's worth a million gold medals," says the former world champion javelin star who was forced into early retirement seven years ago when a shoulder injury threatened to cripple her.
But if 37-year-old Fatima is besotted with her eight-week-old son, it is no more than her green-eyed baby Ryan is with her.
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