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There was a time when Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown did not even know if she wanted to continue judo. When older sister Jenny was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, instinctively, Yeats-Brown wanted to step away from her sport to make the most of their remaining time together. Jenny was not having it, though, insisting that Katie-Jemima should continue her Olympic dream. That became reality at the Arena Champ-de-Mars in the women’s 70kg category on Wednesday. The 29-year-old from Pembury came through her first fight with Aina Laura Rasoanaivo Razafy from Madagascar before being edged out by Aust…

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