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London 2012: 10 things we learned from Britain's golden Olympic weekend

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Monday, 6 August 2012 (on August 6, 2012)
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Athletics is the new cycling, the pressure of winning at home and eight more things we discovered on a weekend of British glory

*Athletics is the new cycling*

After winning a long jump gold that..


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