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Radio Northampton,27 mins

Anita Neil: Britain's forgotten Olympian

Annabel Amos

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It's taken more than 50 years for Anita Neil from Wellingborough to be officially recognised as Britain鈥檚 first black female Olympian. 聽 In her career she set British running records, won medals in the European Championships and Commonwealth Games, and competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. As attention turns to track action in Tokyo, broadcaster and Olympic athlete Jeanette Kwakye tells the remarkable story of this pioneering Olympian - from right here in Northamptonshire.

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