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Olympic doubtfuls

ALLAN MAKI AND DAWN WALTON

Globe and Mail Update

Latest comment posted at 2:16 PM EDT 15/05/08

Some of Canada's top medal contenders are trying to overcome serious ailments before Beijing ...Read the full article

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  1. Raf O from Vancouver, Canada writes: This is why I would never want to be an athlete for a living. You work so hard your whole life to win some rat race to have it all disappear in mere seconds. We only really hear of the success stories.
  2. Wilma De Bruyn from Toronto, Canada writes: Interesting article: I wonder if they receive better treatment than
    any individual worker applying for WSIB(Stress to prove injury blamed
    for man's death. by Kate Hammer)??

    Or the atheletes get top service as they entertain the Olympics??

    Quite a contrast I must say!!!
  3. Horst Bulau from Ottawa, Canada writes: That injury would come as news to Adam Van Koeverden. It was his friend and teammate Mark Oldershaw who broke his hand again last summer. Oldershaw has a good shot at the podium in Beijing
  4. G. Veneta from Canada writes: Bad luck for these athletes but such is the risk of the pursuit of the highest level of achievement in athletics. It comes at personal risk and sacrifice.

    If there was ever an Olympics to miss this one is it. It's a shame that the IOC awarded the games to China for political reasons and now the politics are it's achilles!

    It's not just the athletes that are injured here but the entire summer Olympic games will need some serious 'anti-inflammatories'!
  5. The Central Screwtinizer from Ottawa, Canada writes: I hear tell the Chinese are trying to get over some shakey 'ailments' themselves lately in time for the Olympics...

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