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It has happened. It will happen. London 2012.

Everyone that backed the bid played their part. The British Olympic committee played a blinder by focusing on economic viability, youth and global integration, and (who’d have thought) the Frenchie’s lent a hand too. Merci beaucoup! More…

For me, the sydney 2000 olympics beach volleyball was overshadowed by the constant references to Bondi Beach, as though somehow it was the most desirable place on earth. Pardon my skepticism but Bondi’s a tourist trap; a parody; it’s long way from paradise. More…