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Wales Online
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Neil Shaw

Competitive mum wins sports day race by sending rival flying with a 'nudge'

A super-competitive mum ensured her victory in the parents' race at her daughter's sports day - by pushing another mum out the way and sending her flying. Katie McDermott, 25, was prepared to do anything to win.

The red-haired mum can be seen running neck-and-neck with another mum on the run to the finish line. After realising she was about to be beaten, Katie pushed her competitor - sending the woman flying.

Katie said: "I told my daughter I would be number one, so I had to be. I could see she was winning - so I just gave her a quick nudge and she took off in the air.

"I don't know what possessed me to do it, I was just thinking about how I wanted to win so badly. I didn't know the mum very well - everyone was shocked but we just carried on as normal afterwards.

"If you see this, sorry that I pushed you - I didn't mean to send you flying. I don't regret it though, because I won!"

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