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Cathal Dennehy: Still a great beauty to pushing to the limit

As Faith Kipyegon collapsed to the track, utterly spent, there was something so human and so vulnerable about this great champion.
Cathal Dennehy: Still a great beauty to pushing to the limit

Faith Kipyegon, from Kenya, runs in an attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes. Pic: AP Photo/Christophe Ena

I was at a sports awards once, sitting alongside a colleague when we started to debate the limits of human performance. 

He argued that anything is possible with the right belief and work ethic while I – cynical bastard that I am – claimed such traits will only take you so far, that all the willpower in the world won’t turn a donkey into a derby winner.

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