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Later, when reporters asked short, hungry questions and the camera lights made her pupils small and bright, Ella found a clarity that surprised her. She spoke about hard work and gratitude, about the team that lifted her and the mentors who'd told her to keep showing up. It was the rehearsed answer, yes, but there was truth braided through it: she had shown up, again and again, because she had decided the dream was worth the small defeats.