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Atletinja, ki je šprint spremenila v maraton      Merlene je 10. maja letos praznovala svoj 40. rojstni dan
The Athlete that turned sprint into marathon     Merlene Ottey turned 40 on May 10.th 2000
  
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Merlene photographed on June 29. 2000

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Te dni se Merlene Ottey ponovno pripravlja v Ljubljani in na to smo lahko še posebej ponosni. Njen trening je seveda usmerjen k nastopu na olimpijskih igrah v Sydneyu, njene misli pa so te dni predvsem v Monacu, kjer bo posebna arbitražna komisija med 15. in 17. junijem odločala o njeni pritožbi zoper neupravičene obtožbe o jemanju nedovoljenih poživil...Lani je bila namreč na antidopinških testih pozitivna in zaradi obtožb, da je jemala nandrolone, ni smela nastopiti na svetovnem prvenstvu v Sevilli.

Obiskali smo njo in trenerja Srdjana Djordjevića na enem od treningov na ljubljanskem stadionu in pred vami sta fotoreportaži s treninga v soboto, 3. junija in  v četrtek, 29. junija 2000

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Merlene Ottey's been living in Ljubljana, Slovenia for the last month or so while getting ready to compete at The Olympics though she's not sure whether she'll be given the chance to show her abbility to win Olympic medal at 40. Her thougths are in Monte Carlo, Monaco these days where from June 15 - 17 the IAAF officials will hear her say about unjustified allegations of drug abuse (nandrolone) placed against her before last World Championship in Sevilla, Spain.

We've been to one of Merlene's evening training sessions at ŽAK-MASS  stadium in Ljubljana and all the photos at the left show her and her coach Srdjan Djordjevic while working hard on a hot & sunny Saturday evening on the 3.rd and the 30.th of June 2000

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You can get informed about the place & the country where Merlene has spent most of her time during last 18 months if you fill-out the form or mail us your questions. However, there is another possibility: visit our editors' personal pages (see link at the bottom of our index page) and find out more about the place Merlene chose to live in for a while.

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This is the part of Ljubljana where Merlene lives - but I'm not going to tell which windows belong to her apartment.

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Stadium in Ljubljana where Merlene works hard from day to day hoping her dream will come true...

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Merlene photographed in Ljubljana on June 03. 2000
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mottey14_600.jpg (53631 bytes) She's nice, she's charming, she's beautifull and proud and she's very fast
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