http://www.business-i.jp/news/sou-page/news/200808020012a.nwc translated by Brett Larner and Mika Tokairin Beijing Olympics Women's 10000 m Team Member Yoko Shibui "I Genuinely Want to Win" She's had many great records and many failures, but it's all in the past for Yoko Shibui. It's not that she won a spot on the Beijing Olympics women's 10000 m team but rather that she finally found the true athlete's state of mind. "I am hungry to win these days. This year especially I've found myself always thinking, 'I want to win, I want to win, I want to win!' People probably think I've always been a passionate person, but it's not true. I think that I probably didn't use to really have the drive to win, but now I do. This means that in Beijing I will be shooting to take down some big names." Here in front of me is the newborn Shibui. What gets her going is not the existence of rivals or the reputations of others. It's beati...
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