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 Posted: 12/14/07 - 04:48 Post subject: Deaf Star won the women's Zatopek 10K
MELINDA Vernon wished she could hear the cheers as she ran away with the women's Zatopek (10,000 metres) last night.
Vernon led from the start and won by 250-metres in 34 minutes, 28.85 seconds. An unknown coming in, she won the Australian title and deserved every bit of the applause her front-running performance merited.
She couldn't hear any of it, however, as Vernon is profoundly deaf. She smashed the world record for the deaf by two minutes but didn't get to appreciate the applause.
Full story:
theage.com.au/news/sport/deaf-star-races-to-easy-victory/2007/12/13/1197135655775.html
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