Love, communism, jumping and drugs: the extraordinary journey of an aspirant British Olympian
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By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 21 August 2011 THROUGH the darkest night of Yamilé Aldama’s life, she lay awake with her eight-month-old son next to her, a candle on the table beside them - and with no idea what the future held. Earlier that day, 13 June 2002, she’d been at home in London with her husband, Andrew, who she’d met in her native Cuba two years before. Unexpected visitors arrived. The couple had first got to know each other when he was taking a Spanish course at university in
Love, communism, jumping and drugs: the extraordinary journey of an aspirant British Olympian
Love, communism, jumping and drugs: the…
Love, communism, jumping and drugs: the extraordinary journey of an aspirant British Olympian
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 21 August 2011 THROUGH the darkest night of Yamilé Aldama’s life, she lay awake with her eight-month-old son next to her, a candle on the table beside them - and with no idea what the future held. Earlier that day, 13 June 2002, she’d been at home in London with her husband, Andrew, who she’d met in her native Cuba two years before. Unexpected visitors arrived. The couple had first got to know each other when he was taking a Spanish course at university in