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Listed below are comments made by truzig between Wednesday, 20th August 2008 and Wednesday, 20th August 2008.

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The Hoy Wonder leads British bonanza 1:07pm on 20 Aug 2008 Greatest of all time? A question that is typical of the Olympic 'medal disease' that attacks our better sense of judgement every four years.

Why do we have to glorify those who win the medals at the expense of those who don't? Are their sacrifice, effort and dreams ay less...if not their talent to win the holy gold?

Of course the media is romancing us with London dreams. but where is the perspective? Show us the proud olympians who compete their hearts out with no reward and fame.

Pariotism is ugly and ultimately empty when we place our pride on the altar of the medal tally.

The greatest olympian ever? This is the impossible question. Perhaps Gabrielle Andersen-Scheiss and her unforgettably brave desire to finish the womens marathon as she staggered down the final hundred metres suffering severe heat stroke at the LA Olympics is the best example of truly answering such a question for all if not for herself should it need to be asked.

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