Jana Pittman
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"Jana Pittman-Rawlinson" is an Australian Track and field athletics/athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres run and 400 metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 World Championships in Athletics/2003 and 2007 World Championships in Athletics/2007. She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games/2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and was part of Australia's winning 4 × 400 metres relay teams at both events.

Pittman is one of only nine athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Dani Samuels, and David Storl) to win world championships at the Youth (athletics)/youth, Junior (athletics)/junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

Pittman also competed in the Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Two-woman/two-woman bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics, making her the first Australian female athlete to compete in List of athletes who competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games/both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.

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I am probably in the best shape I've ever been in but I haven't raced. I was so nervous at the start my hands were absolutely jumpy. I haven't run a 400 for seven months so I was just petrified.

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I feel great. I didn't have any kick in my legs in Sydney two weeks ago but I had to hold it back today. It's the old me, I've been praying for it to arrive.

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I've just had a tight hamstring since Brisbane (last week). I didn't want to risk it, I'm in too good a shape to risk my Commonwealth Games this year. That's it really.

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That is where all the talk should be done, nowhere else.

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I have never seen anything like it.

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We had no food, no electricity, we moved floors in the hotel because the ground floor was flooded. Three people who were staying there passed away after they were electrocuted when they went out on the street.

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I'm ecstatic, it was quite an easy run. I finished that with no problem. I wasn't tired, I wasn't fatigued, I felt tall, open and strong and that is a great spot to be in this close to the Games.

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I feel fantastic, really strong over the last 100m. Twenty days to go. I'm ready to go.

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I'm pretty close to that (a low 53sec) now, so I'm pretty confident.

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