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Anna Harrington

Grandmother's spirit drives walker Montag

Jemima Montag used her grandmother's inspiration to great effect in the 10,000m walk. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

When Jemima Montag's bracelet clinked against her wrist as she claimed 10,000m race walk gold, she could feel her late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, there with her.

The bracelet was grandmother Judith's necklace that she had cut into three for Montag and her two sisters two years before she died.

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