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Ian O’Riordan
Fri Sept 13 2024 – 06:00
In the 12.34 seconds it took Cyréna Samba-Mayela to win the silver medal in the 100m hurdles at the Paris Olympics all of France held its collective breath – then let it go in euphoric relief.
On the last night of the track and field, in the third last individual event, Samba-Mayela had just won their first and only Olympic medal in athletics, saving the host nation from any murmur of the diabolique and surely some blushes too.
From the Paris city suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne, half-an-hour train ride from the Stade de France, many of her family and friends were there to witness her ecstatic moment, as was her coach, John Coghlan. Only he had suitably mixed sentiments.
Not just that Samba-Mayela was a mere
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