After 41.8 kilometers, we were none of citius, altius, fortius, but we were all thrilled to run our last 400 meters on the track in Olympic Stadium. The plaudits of the throng may not have been as deafening as they were twenty years ago, but neither were any of us likely to face the ignominy that Ben Johnson brought upon himself on this same homestretch.
30.3.08
Olympic dreams
After 41.8 kilometers, we were none of citius, altius, fortius, but we were all thrilled to run our last 400 meters on the track in Olympic Stadium. The plaudits of the throng may not have been as deafening as they were twenty years ago, but neither were any of us likely to face the ignominy that Ben Johnson brought upon himself on this same homestretch.
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