I've Grown Up Since Beijing and Am Now Ready to Win Gold, Says Idowu ; the Triple Jumper Insists He Can Claim a Big Outdoor Title for First Time After Moving Home and Overcoming Illness. By Matt Majendie [Edition 2]

Evening Standard - London › August 12, 2009

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ALMOST a year on from the heartache of finishing second at the Olympic Games, Phillips Idowu claims to have moved on from his disappointment in Beijing.

True, he has moved on some 200 miles further north from his London roots and is now living in Birmingham. He has also gone through a serious illness that left him incapable of doing anything for two weeks and put his achievements into perspective.

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I've Grown Up Since Beijing and Am Now Ready to Win Gold, Says Idowu ; the Triple Jumper Insists He Can Claim a Big Outdoor Title for First Time After Moving Home and Overcoming Illness. By Matt Majendie [Edition 2]

Yet when asked about the subject of China, you still get the feeling that Idowu, who keeps his silver medal in a sock drawer, continues to hurt.

"Since Beijing, I've really tried to gr...

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