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Road to London 2012

12 August 2012

  • Mountain biker Adrien Niyonshuti of Rawanda at Hadleigh Farm, Essex

    London 2012: Rwandan mountain biker rides to banish genocide memory

    Adrien Niyonshuti lost most of his family in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Against the odds he's competing at the Games mountain bike cross-country race

24 July 2012

  • afghan

    The road to London 2012: Afghan athletes look to leave fighting behind

    Emma Graham-Harrison: Combat sports feature heavily in the London squad, but the national Olympics chief wants the emphasis to change in future

19 July 2012

  • Asafa Powell (C) of Jamaica makes a worl

    London 2012: Ghana's Olympic athletes come second to football and corruption

    But poverty is the biggest hurdle talented athletes have to overcome – lack of cash broke up their Olympic training camp

17 July 2012

  • Jamaican three-day eventer Samantha Albert with Carraig Dubh at the Bramham horse trials

    London 2012: Three-day eventer looks to put Usain Bolt on the back pages

    Samantha Albert rejected a more lucrative offer and will ride for her Jamaica homeland

11 July 2012

  • Augusto Ramos Soares from Timor-Leste

    London 2012: Timor-Leste athletes do it for national pride

    Representing their country at the Olympics is the prize for Augusto Ramos Soares and Juventina Napoleao

4 July 2012

  • Amaal Mohamed Bashiir

    The road to London 2012: Somali athletes dare to dream of Olympics

    As Mogadishu breathes again after ousting Islamists, Somalis compete for two wildcard places at Games

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