MOST of her competitors were at least 20 years her junior when Irene Nickole became champion of the world last month. It was remarkable enough the bodybuilder was 52 years old. Even more startling, she was still recovering from the trauma of a random assault.
In 1990, Nickole placed number three in the world. She'd been Australian champion four times. Her best work seemed to lie in front of her, but she suddenly decided to quit. The girls, she says, were getting too ''muscularly'' big.
''I didn't like the direction it was taking,'' she says. ''There was no feminity in what was going on. It wasn't my look.''
She stayed out of the game for nearly 20 years. And then a new category came along called the Figure Class, that was ''muscular and fit but feminine''.
Normally, it takes a year to prepare for competition. After only 12 weeks' intensive training and dieting, Nickole - who runs her own personal training business to the stars - flexed and posed her way through the state and national titles to earn a place in the 2008 Ms Universe Championships in England. She was 50 years old, but she was feeling good.
And then a horrible thing happened on the way to the airport. The traffic lights had been orange, and she'd changed her mind about barrelling through the intersection. The car came to rest about a metre over the pedestrian crossing. There was still plenty of room for people to get by, but a young man - who Nickole guessed to be in his early 30s - began verbally abusing her.
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