The Olympics’ dirtiest race ever?

奥运史上最污秽的比赛?

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2025-05-23

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British athlete Lisa Dobriskey speaks to Helen Pidd about her experience in the 2012 1500m final, which, as Esther Addley reports, has become known as the dirtiest race in history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, the dirtiest race in Olympic history.

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  • Women's 1500m final.

  • That being drawn to the attention of the crowd now in this stadium.

  • It was the penultimate night of the 2012 London Olympics and Britain's Lisa Dabriskie was waiting in the athletes' tunnel for the most important race of her life.

  • I found it very scary, if I'm completely honest.

  • It's a very hostile environment.

  • You're in a space with all these people that are about to step on that start line and give everything they've got to achieve their dream and their goal.

  • Coupled with that, you're in front of a home crowd.

  • And that home crowd in London was just something else.

  • It just felt very overwhelming.

  • Well, there's Lisa Dabriskie of Great Britain.

  • So near to world championship gold.

  • I felt very ready on the start line.