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Sporting Witness: Tasha Danvers - motherhood and elite performance

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Tasha Danvers - motherhood and elite performance

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The British hurdler who overcame private emotional struggles to win an Olympic bronze

The British hurdler who overcame private emotional struggles to win an Olympic bronze at the 2008 Beijing games.

In August 2008, Britain’s Tasha Danvers won a surprise bronze medal in the 400-metres hurdles at the Beijing Olympics. Danvers had been through years of emotional struggles – and public criticism – after deciding to have a child while at the peak of her career. She talks to Sharon Hemans about the pressures she faced as an elite athlete and mother.

PHOTO: Tasha Danvers in action in 2006 (Getty Images)

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