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Ohuruogu shrugs off negativity
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30 January 2007
Ohuruogu only returned to action three weeks ago after serving the ban for missing three out-of-competition drug tests, but put the past firmly behind her to storm to a stunning victory in a lifetime best 49.61 seconds at the Nagai Stadium.
"Just because people write something it does not mean they know what they are talking about - they don't see you working everyday and they don't see what you put yourself through," said the 23-year-old. "I could have easily said that I can't do it and I shouldn't be here and I am not going to achieve the goals I set myself - but I completely ignored that."
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