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Matthew Pinsent follows aspiring Olympians on the road to London 2012

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World Olympic Dreams Athletes

  1. Julien Absalon
    France Cycling - Mountain Bike

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  2. Nader Almassri
    Palestine Athletics

  3. Abhinav Bindra
    India Shooting

  4. Usain Bolt Jamaica Athletics

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  5. Olivia Borlée Belgium Athletics

  6. Kevin Borlée Belgium Athletics

  7. Jonathan Borlée Belgium Athletics

  8. Alistair Brownlee
    Great Britain & N. Ireland Triathlon

    One to watch

  9. Luol Deng
    Great Britain & N. Ireland Basketball

    One to watch

  10. Merilyn Diamond
    Namibia Athletics

  11. Im Dong-Hyun
    South Korea Archery

    One to watch

  12. Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn Mongolia Boxing

  13. Jehue Gordon
    Trinidad and Tobago Athletics

  14. Hamza Hussein
    Iraq Rowing

  15. Shawn Johnson
    United States Gymnastics - Artistic

  16. Majlinda Kelmendi Judo

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