The tears flowed first in a television interview and again when facing 100 reporters at the Games which have turned into a nightmare for one of Britain's favorite athletes.

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Real life is fascinating, and the real history of the Thirteenth Amendment is complex and compelling, but nobody should deceive himself into imagining that the full history of three-year constitutional battle can be turned into a two-and-a-half hour film that gets your heart pounding and fills your eyes with tears as this wonderful story does.

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