Beijing 2008
In January 2008, Pittman was nominated for 'Comeback of the Year' at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
In February 2008, Pittman was quoted as saying she could visualise her win at the Beijing Olympics and that she would run a world record time. But on 9 July 2008, Pittman announced she would not be competing at the Beijing Games, because of the complications with the toe injury. The Australian subsequently reported that a large number of Australians had "viciously turned against the fallen track star", strongly criticising her.
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