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The Welsh rugby player drain reached something of a
watershed this week and brought with it a crushing verdict
on the scandal that is hitting the professional sport in the
Principality as a result.
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Gary Baker - Olympics
Gary Baker is Editor of Wales and West Media in Cardiff and Bristol. He has been a sports journalist for 25 years and has covered the Rugby World Cup, Commonwealth Games and many major sports events for every national newspaper in the UK.
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The final mass celebrations for this summer's glorious
Olympic and Paralympic Games, with thousands of people
gathering in Edinburgh and Cardiff on Friday to pay tribute
to their stars, have been done.
Now the real hard work begins.
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Six years ago, I flew home from the Melbourne Commonwealth
Games, my debut at that competition, and described it as the
best sporting event I had ever worked at.
Every so often since, I have come across a picture or two
and the memories kick in.
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Aug
10
2012
The 800m Final Ranks With Beamon And Johnson As The Greatest Olympic Moments Of All Time
This London Olympic Games has been fortunate enough to
witness some incredible moments and some breathtaking
competition.
But, when the Games is reviewed, one race is certain to
stand out from all others.
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Call it naive or simply taking too much for granted but Dai
Greene should surely have realised that, in the Olympics,
athletes will go to beyond what is humanly possible in order
to get the smallest advantage on their opponents.
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Aug
06
2012
What A Legend Michael Phelps Is
It is a damn long walk up to the gods of the Aquatic Centre
in Olympic Park but it is worth every labourious step up to
the top to see the greatest Olympian of all time make his
final bow.
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Bradley Wiggins will be under pressure to produce a
badly-needed Olympic gold medal today when he rides around
London in the men's cycling time trial.
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Peter Arnold, an author and former sports editor of a major
publishing house in London, laboured over an incredible book
that was bought as a Christmas present by an old girlfriend
of mine 25 years ago.
We have long been apart but I have thanked her ever since.
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About this time eight years ago, British Cycling held their
pre-Olympic Games training camp at the Wales National
Velodrome, Newport, before heading to Athens.
During that week, they invited the media along to
interview the track riders at the Celtic Manor Resort, where
they were staying.
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