Niblett himself was only on the team after replacing Perkins whose self-imposed withdrawal came after aiming a rude gesture at an official who disqualified him from the keirin final on Wednesday.

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But she had a rude awakening when she joined her classmates in her first O-level lesson and realised she was the only girl.

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