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She'll do. Not everyone was impressed with either the time or the manner of Christine Ohuruogu's 400 metres defeat of arch-rival Nicola Sanders at Crystal Palace but it was hard not to be with her. Pure joy: Christine Ohuruogu savours her victory at Crystal Palace Photo: Getty Images For well after she had run the usual gamut of media interviews she was delayed again. She was signing the yellow T-shirts of the volunteer girls. She was leaving them something. She was also giving us hope. Athletics, like cycling, has had so much recent drug disgrace that disbelief demands to be the default position. Ohuruogu served a year's suspension over a much disputed issue of missing three consecutive drug tests. Many still wanted to condemn her even after that brilliant return in the World Championships last August. But her reasons were... [read full story]
