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Posted on July 5, 2016 by Tom Hollingworth in Athletics, Sport, World Affairs // 0 Comments

Hats off today to Valerie Adams, New Zealand’s double Olympic gold medallist shot putt champion, for her uncompromising black and white attitude towards sportsmen and women who cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs.

See here – article by Donald McCrae that appears today on the website of – THE GUARDIAN

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