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Article: THANKS FOR NOTHING; I got exactly what I expected from Fatima.(Sport)
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- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 21, 1996
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The Olympics are like an old flame for Tessa Sanderson. They have courted her with gold - and sometimes broken her heart.
And, on the eve of her record SIXTH tryst with the Games, Tessa admitted: "There have been too many tears, a lot of injustice - and not enough money along the way.
"No one has made it easy for me to get the competition I needed for another go at the Olympics.
"They wouldn't put events on for me at home. I've had to hunt around abroad for myself.
"I told myself: 'Stuff it! I won't lay down and die."
She's Aunt ...