24 May 2012
Every country has Olympic selection dramas, but Cambodia has gone one better.
Great Britain has to choose between Sir Chris Hoy and
Jason Kenny in the track cycling sprint. Australia's swimming legend Ian
Thorpe will be missing from the Olympic pool after failing to make the
cut in qualifying.
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“This is normal in the world, even America buys athletes from other countries”Vath Chamroeun National Olympic Committee of Cambodia
Cambodia? This small Southeast
Asian nation selected a Japanese comedian, best known for dressing up as
a cat, as its representative in the men's marathon at London 2012.
To be fair to Neko Hiroshi ("Hiroshi the Cat"), he is
not a bad runner, at least by amateur standards. And visions of him
pounding round the Olympic course in full costume would be wide of the
mark: he generally runs his marathons in standard athletic kit.Read the full story at BBC News.
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