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BEIJING 2008: THIS CLOSE

By Luke Cyphers

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Just don't give her the look. Katie McGregor has seen enough of it. "You know when something sad happens, and people just have that look on their face like they don't know what to say to you? And you wish they wouldn't say anything at all?" McGregor is a 30-year-old distance runner with plenty of stamina, but after a month on the receiving end of the look she's tired of it. No, she won't be in Beijing; she just missed qualifying. But she'll deal, same as she did in 2004. People pat her on t ...

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