Wannabe Olympian Overwhelmed
Nemone Metaxas
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Posted 12.10.2012
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During a chance meeting with a television production company I found myself saying "yeah I think I can still run under a minute for 400m." But surely my inherent fitness and speed would carry me through? They bit my hand off. A Radio 1 DJ prepared to work and train for the Olympics alongside her job. I'd try out for the Greek Olympic Team to compete in Athens and search through my ancestry for my right to a Greek passport. Documentary land beckoned. Fledgling BBC3 were hooked.
