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Former British Heptathlete Denise Lewis was determined to win gold at the 2000 Olympics despite suffering an achilles injury before the games.
Former British Heptathlon athlete Denise Lewis has finally revealed why she was determined to win gold in the 2000 Olympics despite damaging her left Achilles prior to the games.
The now 52-year-old was struck by the injury nine weeks before the games, making training difficult. She returned to full fitness a week to the games but that did not prevent her from achieving her set targets.
"I didn't perform brilliantly to win that gold medal, but I did enough to win," Lewis reflected in a recent interview in the BBC podcast Plenty of Fishers.
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Lewis who bagged bronze in Atalanta in 1996, also pointed out that she hurt her right foot-hence the profusion of bandages and tape helping to hold her together as she fought against the odds, and the opposition, in Stadium Australia.
"I wanted to win, it didn't matter what the score was. I wanted that medal having been the bronze medallist in 1996," she said.
Lewis possessed a competitive fearsome fire under her belly, further fueling her quest to become one of the greatest in the specialty. She held on to the hope that she could do it.
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The former sports presenter was awarded an OBE in 2001, during her illustrious career, she also picked up gold in the European Championships in 1998. and two silvers in 1997 and 1999.
She had been inspired in her youth by two role models on her doorstep, the Birmingham sprinter Sonia Lannman, Commonwealth 100m champion in 1978, and Wolverhampton's Tessa Sanderson, Olympic javelin champion in 1984-and her hugely supportive mother Joan, who raised her single-handedly.
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As well as being a Dame of the British Empire and president of UK Athletics, and Commonwealth Games England, Lewis happens to be a mother of four.
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