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Wed 08 Aug 2008Pak turns the screw as Svetlana nuts and bolts
MARY HANNIGAN'S OLYMPIC VIEWWHICH one of us hasn't had a day like Svetlana Tsarukaeva had yesterday? Which one of us hasn't failed to snatch 107 kilos in three attempts? Exactly, we've all been there, so we knew precisely how she felt.
We might, though, have stopped short of headbutting the nearest available wall in response to our frustration because that, on the whole, rarely helps the situation, but so broken was Svetlana she probably didn't feel the pain.
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