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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jamie Gardner

Dame Denise Lewis says New Year Honour has blown her away

PA Wire

Denise Lewis says becoming a Dame in the New Year Honours List feels “like going full circle” after her Olympic gold medal-winning success in Sydney 22 years ago.

Lewis overcame injury problems to top the podium in the heptathlon at the Games in Australia in 2000, and says she has drawn strength from that success in moments of adversity in her life ever since.

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