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This must be any photographer’s dream – Usain Bolt, the undisputed fastest man alive, grabbed an Olympic photographer’s camera and started snapping pics straight from the track.
Cameron van der Burgh, one of South Africa’s Olympic stars, has admitted to using illegal dolphin kicks to gain an advantage and ultimately win the 100m breaststroke final at the Olympics in London several days ago. Despite the transgression, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) are unable to sanction him as the admission came five days after the event.
The 400-metre world record holder, Michael Johnson, says he believes disabled athletes who use prosthetic limbs should NOT be allowed to compete in able-bodied races. This after news broke of Oscar Pistorius’ qualification for this year’s Olympics. Johnson argues that as it has not been disproved whether or not it provides such athletes with an unfair advantage.
Saudi Arabian officials have taken a huge, progressive step and will, for the first time ever, allow Saudi women to compete in the Olympic Games at this year’s event in London.
This past Saturday the official Olympic torch relay began, with 8 000 lucky torchbearers chosen to be a part of history. However, a number of them have chosen short-lived wealth over Olympic legacy as they headed for e-Bay to sell off their unique pieces of history, for exorbitant amounts of cash.
Last week a massive anti-doping lab was unveiled by the Olympic organisers, and has been hailed as the most high-tech in the history of the games.