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Agueda Amaral: 'Everyone in the stadium was shouting, Go East Timor.'
In 2000, four athletes from war-torn East Timor were invited to compete at the Sydney Olympics. One of them was marathon runner, Agueda Amaral. Running in borrowed shoes, a slip up in the final lap almost ended her race too soon.
Image: Agueda Amaral at the Olympic finish line (Getty Images).
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