Tearful Olympic champion tells of binned 'dream' note her dad kept and gave to her before he died

Wednesday, 31 July 2024 (3 hours ago)

Tearful Olympic champion tells of binned 'dream' note her dad kept and gave to her before he died

As a teenager in 2012, Lola Anderson was inspired by the London games - so much so that she wrote in her diary it was her "biggest dream in life" to row in the Olympics and possibly win gold.

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