How to calculate the fundamental group of $S^3$ without two linked cirles

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I need to find:

the fundamental group of the space obtained by cutting out the three-dimensional $S^3$ sphere of two circles, once linked with each other.

Can you help me? I have no idea about it, i just find http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/AT/ATch1.pdf but this doesn't help me.