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If my country has bigger priorities to attend to, paying for my and my coach’s travel and accommodation costs to Manchester isn’t a big deal.

— Frankie Fredericks

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We would lose 4-0, and my teammates would be laughing.

I’m living in a new dream, I’m now living a second life. I do not take anything for granted anymore.

The country’s young and we don’t have many sporting heroes, We have high unemployment and we have homeless people. But I think sport can bring the whole nation together and make us united.

The motivation is just to stay healthy, I’ve been injured and for me it's not so important competitions. The medals are not so important. I had a horrible two years. I spent a lot of money to rehab and just want to show that I can still come back and run.

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