Such is the grace and talent of the Dutch hurdler and sprinter that she appears to have the ability to bend time to her will - as well as a rare beauty in her technique
But whereas 90% of the footballers at this year’s Euros will already be familiar to most people watching them on TV, in athletics this figure is probably reversed. The best-known athletes to emerge from a given championship might be people the majority of viewers had scarcely even heard of before.
That left the Dutch, Canadians and Jamaicans as favourites, and the British with an improved chance of a place on the podium. After a long hold on the blocks the race began. Colin Jackson, commentating for the BBC, is always good at conveying the excitement of big races and, not for the first time, this excitement got the better of him to the extent that much of what he said turned into enthusiastic gibberish.
A characteristic of this beauty is the illusion of effortlessness and an abundance of grace. Gravity seems to press less heavily on some athletes than on others and as a consequence – I’m conscious here of getting lost in the mysteries of physics – time expands.It’s not just that she appears fully at ease running at high speed; the faster she runs the more at ease she looks
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