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"Whether in a tiara or trainers, Rachel Christie is determined to conquer the world. ...But behind her story is an extraordinary tale of triumph over adversity after a family tragedy 12 years ago that still haunts her to this day.
At the tender age of eight, her father Russell, Linford's brother, was stabbed to death after becoming involved in a drugs war."
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"...And after training at the prestigious Thames Valley Harriers under the same man who coached her uncle, she [Rachel] is already highly ranked at the 400 metres and the heptathlon. ... Rachel trains six days a week at the Linford Christie Stadium in Hammersmith which she admits is 'strange' as it is named after her uncle."

___AND, meanwhile back at the barracks:
" ... Corporal Katrina Hodge was sitting in her barracks in Surrey wearing regulation combats, hair scraped back and face devoid of make-up, when the telephone rang.
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PHOTO PHOTO 2 " ... Combat Barbie: Soldier is new Miss England as Linford Christie's niece hands back crown after nightclub 'brawl'"