ATHLETICS: Karagounis has a head for heights of Athens; Student of classical civilisations is aiming to make her mark for Britain in 400 metres at Olympic Games.(Sport) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: February 5, 2004| Author: Rowbottom, Mike | COPYRIGHT 2004 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Mike Rowbottom

ANYONE SEEKING to buy a hat in Nottingham's Broadmarsh Shopping Centre this week is likely to have been served by a bright, fresh-faced young woman whom they might or might not have recognised as an international athlete. Working two to three days a week at the Karroo stall on the Centre's ground floor helps Helen Karagounis finance a lifestyle that appears impossibly hectic, but which she regards as simply normal. It combines being a wife, a stude...