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Tessa Sanderson: how the first Black British woman to win an Olympic title fought her way to the top

In 1984, she became the only Briton ever to win gold in an Olympic throwing event – then went back to work as a typist. She describes her rivalry with Fatima Whitbread, struggles to find funding and life after athletics ....

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