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	Podcast:		Sporting Witness
	Episode:		Tasha Danvers - motherhood and elite performance
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:09:00
	Publish Date:		2020-08-27 04:00:00
	Description:		In August 2008, Britain’s Tasha Danvers won a surprise bronze medal in the 400-metres hurdles at the Beijing Olympics. Danvers had been through years of emotional struggles – and public criticism – after deciding to have a child while at the peak of her career. She talks to Sharon Hemans about the pressures she faced as an elite athlete and mother. PHOTO: Tasha Danvers in action in 2006 (Getty Images)
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