Birchfield Harriers president Katharine Merry hopes Team GB athletes rise to the occasion in Paris.
Katharine Merry won bronze in Sydney 2000 as Cathy Freeman took gold and Lorraine Graham of Jamaica won a silver medal in the women's 400m final
But four years later, in Sydney, she was at the start line of what many people said was the greatest race of those games, coming third in the 400m final, as victorious Cathy Freeman claimed gold. “So, it is a real balance of excitement, because it is the biggest show on earth, but also a little bit of nerves in there as well."Merry said she could remember "every single detail" about the 400m race in Sydney.“It was the biggest race, there was 112,000 people in the stadium - 111,000 supporting Cathy Freeman.“It was amazing. I ran my fastest ever time.
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