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The seven missing in London. That's what the headlines in Cameroon call the athletes who walked away from the Olympic village at the London Games. Is the European dream more attractive than representing your home nation in the Olympics? 
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Sport is suppose to be pure competition between human being, based on the individual merits and talents of men and women. That is why we have referees and rules : As a rule of nature, in sport we are not all equal. That is also why the debate around performance enhancing drugs and technological and scientific advancements in this domain are so controversial: technology and sport go hand in hand yet they hinder sport as a competition. Using performance enhancing technology surely means that everybody and anybody could win? Most probably he or she with the most money and/or sponsorship! Where should we draw the line, and can we draw the line in the face of ever-advancing technology an innovation? This article suggests that its up to sportsmen and sportswomen as well as spectators to know when to say stop.
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Dr Steve Peters, adviser to a host of famous sporting names, explains how athletes can increase their chances of winning. Interesting video looking at the "two different brains" of an athlete: the chimp and the real person. His explains that his approach does not make a winner out of an individual but rather increases his/her probability of winning by working on mental skills.
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We’ve probably seen more Olympic coverage this past weekend than the accumulated television viewing from the 1960 games in Rome to the 1984 Olympics. Yet for the London Organizing Committee (LOCOG) the dollar count may be at least as important as the medal count. On Sunday, U.S. Athletes staged a Twitter protest on limits on advertising during the games. What about the rest of the world?
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