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The eight women took off, racing to a photo finish in the time it took me to take a breath. The winner was Gail Devers, the woman who once could barely walk. Watching her victory lap, I felt that pull again on my heart. βA lot of times in athletics and in life you feel walls closing in and you canβt get out,β she said at the press conference afterward. βUse me as an example. If you believe in yourself, if you have faith in yourself, you can do anything.
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