Zola Budd fears her running career will be defined by one of the Olympic Games' most controversial moments, one that may unfairly detract from an ...
Zola Budd fears her running career will be defined by one of the Olympic Games' most controversial moments, one that may unfairly detract from an incredible talent who still holds records unbeaten for almost four decades.
The Daily Mail newspaper had campaigned for Budd, who had an English grandfather, to be handed British citizenship after she emerged as a teenage prodigy."It was way too early in my career, I did not have enough experience running races at that level and I was still very young coming from South Africa."Emotionally I was not ready for an event like the Olympics, especially with the political upheaval and all the pressure around that.
Decker, who later conceded there was no malice in the incident, could not continue after her fall, and Budd faded to finish seventh.
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