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Australia’s Cate Campbell misses out on her fifth Olympics and her emotion is clearly written on her face.
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The clock isn’t interested in painful mornings, weights hoisted and dating put on hold. The clock doesn’t worry about dreams, diets and studies deferred. The clock doesn’t care that a week before Amanda Lim’s final Olympic trial when she’s lowering herself after a pull-up, the 10kg weight – which is dangling from her waist – lands on her toe and fractures and blackens it.
No, the clock just tells deadpan truths which trigger remarkably emotional responses.
