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Dwain Chambers’ Olympic ban upheld

July 18, 2008 – 6:28 pm

So Dwain Chambers has lost his attempt to overturn his Olympics ban. Almost certainly the right decision given every other runner he’s competing against for a place has a clean record. His transgressions in the past sully the image and reputation of these fine runners. I recall hearing somewhere that we’re the one of only a [...]

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Olympic torch thoughts

April 10, 2008 – 2:59 pm

The news this week about the Olympic torch relay has left me feeling a bit despondent, on a number of fronts. I think it’s a shame that the Olympics continues to be dominated by politics. It feels such a throwback to the 1980’s, and the east vs west boycotts. We’ll have steroid fuelled up eastern European [...]

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