[2] Dear Jo: Readers' letters.SEX IS NOT THE POINT HEPTATHLON heptathlon: see under decathlon. heptathlon Women's athletics competition. Contestants take part in seven different track-and-field events: 100-m hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, and 200- and 800-m runs. star Denise Lewis Denise Lewis OBE (born August 27, 1972, in West Bromwich, England) is a British athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. Her greatest triumph was winning the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. does look smart and - as she puts it - "sexy", but why bring sex into the Olympics Olympics Sports medicine An international competition among (traditionally) nonprofessional athletes trained in a particular summer or winter sport, which is held every 4 yrs in a selected city. See Paralympics, Special Olympics, World Medical Games. ? The event is supposed to be about sport, not a fashion show. I do wish her all the best, but please, Denise, just concentrate on winning medals and leave fashion out of the sport. W H Clee, Liverpool Liverpool, city (1991 pop. 448,300), NW England, on the Mersey River near its mouth. It is one of Britain's largest cities. A large center for food processing (especially flour and sugar), Liverpool has a variety of industries, including the manufacture of electrical I WAS deeply upset to read K Ball's attack on the Queen Mother. She is a wonderful lady who inspired the nation during those dark days of the Second World War. Happy birthday, Queen Mum. Edith Camel Penge, London |
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