:00:53. > :00:55.Welcome to World Olympic Dreams, the series that follows 26 athletes
:00:55. > :01:03.from all across the globe, in their preparations for the London
:01:03. > :01:11.Olympics. This is Lord's and The Long Room, the home of cricket. It
:01:11. > :01:15.is through these doors that players walk on their way to bat. Cricket
:01:15. > :01:18.has been played here since 1814 but, this week, Old Father Time is
:01:18. > :01:26.looking down on the world's best archers as they compete in the
:01:26. > :01:29.London Archery Classic. It is an official test event for London 2012,
:01:29. > :01:33.giving around 100 of the world's top archers the perfect chance to
:01:33. > :01:38.acclimatise to conditions here in Central London. And hopefully I'll
:01:38. > :01:45.be able to have a go myself. Also coming up in this edition of World
:01:45. > :01:54.Majlinda Kelmendi, a judo fighter, whose Olympics aspirations are
:01:54. > :01:57.threatened by political wrangling From the war-ravaged banks of
:01:57. > :01:59.Baghdad's River Tigris to the idyllic calm of the Lake Bled in
:01:59. > :02:09.Slovenia, Iraqi rower Haider Rashid tells me about this journey to
:02:09. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:16.London 2012. I will do my best to qualify because I need to.
:02:16. > :02:25.discover why archer Im Dong-Hyun isn't guaranteed to make the South
:02:25. > :02:31.Korean team. And it is not because Newly-crowned World triathlon
:02:31. > :02:35.champion Alistair Brownlee shows us his punishing training regime.
:02:35. > :02:38.is what you to do every day but, when you add it up at the end of
:02:38. > :02:42.the week, you are like ,whoa, that's a lot of hours. And finally,
:02:42. > :02:45.is time running out for Namibia's Olympics hopeful Merlin Diamond?
:02:45. > :02:49.Now I'm more worried about getting back on track again because, if I'm
:02:49. > :02:59.back on track again, then I can see my goal, I can see where I'm
:02:59. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:03.There will be more than 10,000 athletes competing at the London
:03:03. > :03:06.Olympics, some will break records, some will win medals, and some will
:03:06. > :03:16.just make up the numbers but all of them will be wearing their
:03:16. > :03:18.country's colours with pride. But what if your country can't compete?
:03:18. > :03:22.For one athlete from Kosovo, that is the question which dominates
:03:22. > :03:31.every day of her training as she prepares to take part in the
:03:31. > :03:41.biggest event that her sport can Majlinda Kelmendi's demure exterior
:03:41. > :03:46.A former junior world champion judo fighter, Majlinda now wants to win
:03:46. > :03:52.an Olympic medal for her country. Unfortunately, Kosovo probably
:03:53. > :03:55.won't field a team at London 2012. David Eades has been to meet her at
:03:56. > :04:05.her training base in the north-west of Kosovo, near the border with
:04:06. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:15.The landscape of the Rugova Mountains is idyllic. The recent
:04:15. > :04:18.history in this corner of Kosovo anything but. Yet emerging from the
:04:18. > :04:24.breathtaking valleys and a painful past is a local talent as ruthless
:04:24. > :04:31.as she is ambitious. And with one target in mind. Former world junior
:04:31. > :04:34.champion in judo, meet Majlinda Kelmendi. It is a wonderful feeling
:04:34. > :04:44.to compete for Kosovo because I am the only who is having the chance
:04:44. > :04:49.to prove to the world that Kosovo has got talents too. Because what
:04:49. > :04:53.Kosovo is best known for is not pretty. Majlinda's town of Peje was
:04:53. > :04:56.burnt out during the conflict with Serbia. Families were forced to
:04:56. > :04:59.flee to neighbouring countries. Today feels so different. This
:04:59. > :05:03.could be anywhere in Europe but there is a grey reality behind the
:05:03. > :05:07.sunshine. Without international status, prospects in Kosovo are
:05:07. > :05:14.pretty grim. Majlinda's old teacher fears that lack of recognition
:05:14. > :05:20.could deprive her star pupil of her big chance. That is disappointing,
:05:20. > :05:26.really disappointing. We are a part of Europe and no one can stop us to
:05:26. > :05:33.achieve our goal and to go where we want. We are a part of Europe, they
:05:33. > :05:38.can't just ignore us. Back in the gym the build up to 2012 goes on
:05:38. > :05:41.regardless. Majlinda has had big money offers from other counties
:05:41. > :05:51.like Azerbaijan to compete under their flag, but she would soon hold
:05:51. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :05:57.on and hope. -- countries. Majlinda knows she represents the hopes of a
:05:57. > :06:00.country, but there is more to it than that. She also stands for the
:06:01. > :06:03.wasted opportunities of a former generation. Her coach, the task
:06:04. > :06:07.master, could have been exactly where she is now but the outbreak
:06:07. > :06:15.of war - the break up of Yugoslavia - meant he had to abandon his
:06:15. > :06:19.Olympic dreams and fight for his country. If she gains the medal,
:06:19. > :06:27.half of that medal will be my medal and that will be the biggest thing
:06:27. > :06:31.in my life. But it is a struggle. Majlinda makes her part of the
:06:31. > :06:40.bargain look easy. Winning the rights to fly the Kosovo flag in
:06:40. > :06:44.London 2012 remains a much tougher South Korea is one of the dominant
:06:44. > :06:47.forces in world archery. They won team gold in Beijing in 2008, which
:06:47. > :06:54.in itself is extraordinary, but one of their team members is legally
:06:54. > :07:04.blind. When Im Dong-Hyun looks at the target 70 metres away, all he
:07:04. > :07:06.
:07:06. > :07:09.Im's condition does not concern him but what he does fear is the next
:07:09. > :07:18.generation of Korean archers quivering with anticipation at the
:07:18. > :07:28.chance to compete at London 2012. Lucy Williamson met up with the
:07:28. > :07:29.
:07:29. > :07:32.The Olympics are glamorous, preparing for them isn't. The only
:07:32. > :07:34.tune athletes really want to hear blaring across a stadium is their
:07:34. > :07:37.national anthem but for Korea's national squad, the day begins
:07:37. > :07:47.instead with high-decibel pop music and an aerobics coach who seems to
:07:47. > :07:51.be moving twice as fast as everyone else. Im Dong-Hyun has a better
:07:51. > :07:56.excuse than most for not keeping up with the moves. He probably cannot
:07:56. > :07:59.see her very well. Dong-Hyun's eyesight is so bad he needs to be
:07:59. > :08:02.ten times closer than normal to see things clearly but it is not his
:08:02. > :08:07.eye sight nor his lack of enthusiasm for aerobics that is
:08:07. > :08:10.holding him back this year. His training has been disrupted by
:08:10. > :08:14.shoulder problems and surgery, is threatening his place on the
:08:14. > :08:18.Olympic squad. It takes a lot of strength to handle a bow and arrow
:08:18. > :08:28.skilfully and Dong-Hyun has just a few months left to make up the time
:08:28. > :08:29.
:08:29. > :08:32.It has given me fame and money. It is everything I've got. It is like
:08:32. > :08:37.a father and mother to me. Korea's blind archer is not fully blind but
:08:37. > :08:42.he is too short-sighted to see the target clearly. Not that it stops
:08:42. > :08:47.him hitting it. Dong-Hyun has already won team gold medals in the
:08:47. > :08:51.Beijing and Athens Olympics. London might be his chance at an
:08:51. > :08:55.individual gold but first he has got to get there. It is raining
:08:55. > :08:58.pretty hard here today but everyone has turned up for practice and that
:08:58. > :09:01.is because the coach here is about to make his selection for the
:09:01. > :09:07.Olympic squad and everyone is keen to show they are prepared mentally
:09:07. > :09:10.Harder than it might sound, the coach here measures competitions
:09:10. > :09:19.not by how many medals his team wins, but by how many they give
:09:19. > :09:22.away to athletes from other counties. -- countries. Past
:09:22. > :09:25.performance is not a consideration he says. Even if they have got gold
:09:25. > :09:30.medals in previous Olympics, they will not make the selection this
:09:30. > :09:34.time unless they do well in local tournaments. Even someone as good
:09:34. > :09:39.as Im Dong-Hyun, he says, only has a 50/50 chance of making it on to
:09:39. > :09:45.the squad. The archer was asked recently about what he knew about
:09:45. > :09:49.London. Two things he said. It is always raining and it is a country
:09:49. > :09:55.of gentlemen. And perhaps, if luck goes his way, also the country of
:09:55. > :09:59.his own personal Olympic gold medal. Back at the archery test event, Im
:09:59. > :10:03.Dong-Hyun is getting the ideal preparation for next year. He has
:10:03. > :10:08.already broken his own world record by scoring 693 points out of a
:10:08. > :10:18.possible 720 in the qualification round. I caught up with him to see
:10:18. > :10:22.what he makes of the experience. So, Im, how do you assess Lord's as a
:10:22. > :10:28.venue for archery? It is an honour for me to compete at this historic
:10:28. > :10:31.place. It is my first time competing at such a huge stadium.
:10:31. > :10:37.You must be delighted with breaking your world record yesterday. You
:10:37. > :10:41.must be going really well? I am very happy with the world record.
:10:41. > :10:45.It is very good preparation for the Olympic Games next year. How have
:10:45. > :10:54.you enjoyed your time in London? This is my first time in London and
:10:54. > :10:57.I expected it to be a bit chilly Great Britain won 19 gold medals in
:10:57. > :11:05.Beijing 2008 and many of those winners went on to become household
:11:05. > :11:08.names - Chris Hoy and Rebecca Adlington - to name just two. But
:11:08. > :11:18.one person who is training for London 2012, who wants to add his
:11:18. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:25.name to the list, is 23-year-old Since we joined him on a training
:11:25. > :11:29.camp in Lanzarote last winter, Alistair has won his second world
:11:29. > :11:39.title and he will be hot favourite for Olympic glory, if he is not
:11:39. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:55.beaten by his biggest rival - his Kieran Fox caught up with them in
:11:55. > :11:55.
:11:56. > :12:01.the Swiss Alps during their How far had he walked? Nobody knows.
:12:01. > :12:08.Where had he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody
:12:08. > :12:18.knows. Taller than a house, the Iron Man stood at the top of the
:12:18. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:29.cliff, on the very brink, in the In triathlon, some of the tallest
:12:29. > :12:32.mountains that must be climbed are Here, in the heart of the Swiss
:12:32. > :12:42.Alps, Yorkshire's Man of Iron, Alistair Brownlee, is doing just
:12:42. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :13:02.Training is relentless, testing, For mere men of flesh these hours,
:13:02. > :13:05.
:13:05. > :13:09.these days and months seem We probably average 30 hours a week
:13:09. > :13:15.over 50 weeks of the year, for probably the last five to six years,
:13:15. > :13:19.I think. It does not seem too bad at times because it is what you do
:13:19. > :13:29.every day but when you add it up over the week we are like, whoa,
:13:29. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:37.that is quite a lot of hours. It is We came here two years ago. We did
:13:37. > :13:43.a session and it was sleeting in July! So it is not as bad as that
:13:43. > :13:46.but still it is not a lot of fun. And then the air is thin as well so
:13:46. > :13:52.it is really hard to breathe. Alistair has dominated the World
:13:52. > :13:56.Series but half way through the season he needs a lift. You have to
:13:56. > :14:00.divide the season up, and look for the races where you really want to
:14:00. > :14:03.be in the best form. And if you do not train, a good block of training
:14:03. > :14:06.in the middle of the season, then you won't be in form for the later
:14:06. > :14:10.races. And it pays off. A month later Alistair Brownlee surges
:14:10. > :14:13.across the line to claim his second world title. It definitely hit me a
:14:13. > :14:17.lot more the second time round, I think the first time round I was
:14:17. > :14:21.quite young and it all happened so quickly. One race after the next,
:14:22. > :14:25.after the next, a bit like a whirlwind. The second time round it
:14:25. > :14:29.was harder, more of an achievement in a way. It happened a lot more
:14:29. > :14:32.slowly although it hit me a lot after London because the build up
:14:32. > :14:36.to London was the main thing. It was a real, real special day and to
:14:36. > :14:39.be double World Champion. Not many people can say that. But who is
:14:39. > :14:44.this, snapping at his heels? His rival, his closet ally, his younger
:14:44. > :14:47.brother, Jonny. Jonny was fantastic, to get one. Two in the world was
:14:47. > :14:53.amazing. Our parents are proud, I suppose. I don't know how else to
:14:53. > :14:56.describe it. We are racing against each other all the time, but it has
:14:56. > :14:59.not changed anything. We are going to the races, doing exactly the
:14:59. > :15:03.same thing as before. If anything, it is nicer having him there,
:15:03. > :15:09.because I know if I am nervous at the start line I can always talk to
:15:09. > :15:13.Unknown to most Britons despite his world champion credentials,
:15:14. > :15:17.Alistair is accruing sponsors and media attention. He knows winning
:15:17. > :15:24.gold in London next summer, will turn back page success into front
:15:24. > :15:31.His steely mentality is focused on the immediate goal - he is not
:15:31. > :15:35.getting carried away. If I wanted to get anything out of this year,
:15:35. > :15:38.it was to qualify and I've done that, so it's really nice to go
:15:38. > :15:42.into the winter now knowing I can just get my head down, not worry
:15:42. > :15:45.about anything else and train for that one day in August. For all his
:15:45. > :15:55.success, an Olympic medal is not won until it's hanging around his
:15:55. > :15:55.
:15:56. > :15:58.The paradise island of Mauritius isn't the first place you think of
:15:58. > :16:01.when you think of Olympic athletes and their training, but actually
:16:01. > :16:05.there's a centre there that's full of Olympic hopefuls from
:16:05. > :16:10.unprivileged backgrounds. It's been set up and supported by the
:16:10. > :16:13.International Olympic Committee's Olympic Solidarity programme. And
:16:14. > :16:23.one of them is a young women we call the "cheetah of Namibia"- her
:16:24. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:32.Last year she showed me the stadium in Windhoek, where she was training
:16:32. > :16:35.at the time, and earlier this year she flew to the UK for the first
:16:35. > :16:44.time to see the stadium in Glasgow, that will host the Namibians before
:16:44. > :16:47.they head to London for the However, training in Mauritius has
:16:47. > :16:57.been more trouble in paradise then fun in the sun for Merlin - as
:16:57. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:03.I have really big hopes. I want to be the first Namibian ever to bring
:17:03. > :17:08.a gold medal home. Big dreams have a momentum of their own when the
:17:08. > :17:16.skies are blue and when the sun shines. But Merlin Diamond is far
:17:16. > :17:19.from home and family, and training in paradise has not been perfect.
:17:19. > :17:22.Merlin is on an internationally- sponsored training programme and in
:17:22. > :17:31.Mauritius until 2012, but the centre's facilities are rudimentary.
:17:31. > :17:33.She has had a setback with a hamstring injury. Despite the
:17:33. > :17:39.injury, there is still a daily training schedule, one which is
:17:39. > :17:44.overshadowed by the feeling that time is not on her side. 2012 is
:17:44. > :17:49.not next year, it's just around the corner. It's putting a lot of
:17:49. > :17:53.pressure on me. Now I'm more worried about getting back on track
:17:53. > :17:59.again, because if I'm back on track again I can see my goal, I can see
:17:59. > :18:03.where I'm heading. The life of an athlete can be fraught with ups and
:18:03. > :18:06.downs. For Merlin Diamond not only is she thousands of miles away from
:18:06. > :18:13.home, but she has an injury to contend with, which forces her to
:18:13. > :18:17.sit on the bench when all she wants to do is run. Watching what she
:18:17. > :18:21.can't do, Merlin cuts a forlorn figure, and it's a far cry from the
:18:21. > :18:24.heady days when her dreams were forged in the face of tragedy.
:18:24. > :18:31.Merlin has been sponsored by a white Namibian couple whose own two
:18:31. > :18:39.athlete daughters died in a car crash. From humble beginnings,
:18:39. > :18:42.she's been given the chance to Alongside the hope of Olympic
:18:42. > :18:48.success is the weight of a loneliness carried by this teenage
:18:48. > :18:52.sprinter. I've been here for at least three months, getting to miss
:18:52. > :19:01.home, people back home, do all my crying and then get out there as if
:19:01. > :19:04.She only has a year and Merlin Diamond must hope that the
:19:04. > :19:14.tranquillity of being on this island will give her the resolve
:19:14. > :19:22.
:19:22. > :19:28.And I just looking straight down the arrow? Back at Lords, British
:19:28. > :19:34.archer Alison Williamson shows me how it's done. It is so easy, your
:19:34. > :19:41.sport! In 1981, Alison won a silver medal at the Wenlock Olympian Games.
:19:41. > :19:46.Wenlock, of course, is the modern birthplace of the Olympics Games.
:19:46. > :19:50.Can we have a proper instructor? Fast forward to 2011 and now she's
:19:50. > :19:53.hoping to make it to the London Games - her sixth Olympics. And
:19:53. > :19:58.another Briton eyeing London 2012 with relish is the basketball star
:19:58. > :20:04.Luol Deng. He's the lynchpin in one of the NBA's most famous franchises,
:20:04. > :20:08.the Chicago Bulls. But what is less well known about the big man is, he
:20:08. > :20:18.started life on his career to super stardom as a refugee fleeing from a
:20:18. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:24.Last year we joined him as he returned to Sudan for the first
:20:24. > :20:27.visit back home. I want to give back in some way, and I felt like
:20:27. > :20:37.England has everything, the only way I could give back is through
:20:37. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:41.Every one of you guys is capable of being somebody special, maybe
:20:41. > :20:48.you'll be the president of this country, and one day you're going
:20:48. > :20:52.to lead us and we're going to have a great country. Then we met up
:20:52. > :20:58.with him in Chicago where he proved he hasn't lost any of the skills he
:20:58. > :21:00.learnt on the streets of South London. Luol Deng should have been
:21:01. > :21:10.enjoying a summer off, but he had some unfinished business to clear
:21:11. > :21:12.
:21:12. > :21:17.up in the UK, as Leon Mann Luol Deng is leading a basketball
:21:17. > :21:20.drive to reach new heights in the UK. The south Londoner is Team GB's
:21:20. > :21:23.star attraction and a key factor in them making it into the Olympics
:21:23. > :21:30.Games for the first time ever. But there's been more to his summer in
:21:30. > :21:33.Britain than the weekend's Olympic test event. We got one year till
:21:33. > :21:37.the Olympics. The Chicago Bulls star has been running his, own
:21:37. > :21:41.grassroots initiative to give something back to the sport. Here
:21:41. > :21:44.in south London, he has set up a training session for local kids and
:21:44. > :21:47.in Loughborough he has his own week long basketball camp. I love
:21:47. > :21:53.basketball, I love helping people, I love helping kids, and I want to
:21:53. > :21:56.see basketball get better here in the UK. While I'm at a position I
:21:56. > :21:59.can do something, I want to do something. As you can see, this
:21:59. > :22:02.isn't your average sports camp - these guys are eating, sleeping and
:22:03. > :22:06.breathing basketball. They hope to follow in the footsteps of their
:22:06. > :22:11.hero in becoming a superstar at the highest level. Deng's story is
:22:11. > :22:14.truly inspirational. Born in Sudan, a refugee raised in Brixton and
:22:14. > :22:24.moving away from his family to America for the sport he loves at
:22:24. > :22:29.just 14. At his camp, it's a story that's driving two Irish sisters,
:22:29. > :22:32.Aoite and Deirdre to follow their dreams. The girls are from Dingle
:22:32. > :22:37.on Ireland's remote west coast, where it's fair to say basketball
:22:37. > :22:40.isn't everyone's first sporting priority. Basketball isn't that big
:22:40. > :22:47.in Ireland as it is everywhere in the world because, Gaelic football
:22:47. > :22:50.is bigger and there is more excitement about that. The sisters
:22:50. > :22:53.are among the best in their country for their age but with no under
:22:53. > :22:59.18's or senior team in Ireland, progressing in the sport is likely
:22:59. > :23:05.to mean leaving home. Yeah, I'd love to be able go to America and
:23:05. > :23:08.play college basketball over there after I've finished school here. At
:23:08. > :23:12.the moment when there's no international team in Ireland, I
:23:12. > :23:17.think that will be the next step for me hopefully. Back in
:23:17. > :23:22.Loughborough, the NBA star is happy to offer some advice. Is it hard
:23:22. > :23:25.moving away from your family? you're away from your family a long
:23:25. > :23:32.time, it's hard but you learn how to do it, especially today you can
:23:32. > :23:41.just get on Skype or get on the internet, get on Facebook. If you
:23:41. > :23:44.want something badly, if you really want it, you'll put the time in.
:23:45. > :23:47.Deng's vision is clear - that the legacy of his success in the NBA
:23:48. > :23:56.and at the London Olympics touches as many people as possible, whether
:23:56. > :23:59.it's in South London, Loughborough Here on World Olympic Dreams we are
:23:59. > :24:01.following athletes who may end up being Olympic champions but we're
:24:01. > :24:10.also following athletes who will struggle to qualify for the Olympic
:24:10. > :24:13.Games in 2012. Now I know from personal experience that rowers
:24:13. > :24:16.have it pretty tough, but imagine a situation where there are
:24:16. > :24:23.roadblocks on the way to the boat club, there are corpses in the
:24:23. > :24:25.river and training is sometimes interrupted by rocket attacks.
:24:25. > :24:27.Iraqi rowers were last-minute qualifiers for the Beijing Games,
:24:27. > :24:35.acquiring their place only after North Korea had declined the
:24:35. > :24:38.invitation to compete. As I found out when I visited them in Baghdad
:24:38. > :24:48.last year, qualification is till a long shot, considering the
:24:48. > :24:50.
:24:50. > :24:53.difficulties of training on the But one rower has a better chance
:24:53. > :24:56.then the rest - Haider Rashid. And recently I travelled to the World
:24:56. > :25:06.Rowing Championships being held in Bled, Slovenia to see if he could
:25:06. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:11.It might not be an opening ceremony to rival the Olympics but 20 years
:25:11. > :25:17.after independence, Slovenia is proud to be hosting the Rowing
:25:17. > :25:20.World Championships. Dozens of countries vying against one another
:25:20. > :25:30.through sporting competition is one of the themes here, but life isn't
:25:30. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:38.This is Haider Rashid, the single Iraqi rowing athlete for 2011 in
:25:38. > :25:43.his home city of Baghdad, one of the most violent in the world. He
:25:43. > :25:46.trains everyday and is a university student. Add in the security
:25:46. > :25:51.checkpoints between his college and the Tigris and his sporting career
:25:51. > :25:54.is even more demanding than it should be. Haider was given a
:25:54. > :26:01.wildcard entry to make the Olympics in Beijing, but he's determined to
:26:01. > :26:07.make it to London on his own merit. It's all about preparation, our
:26:07. > :26:12.preparation. If we work right and do it the right way, I think it's
:26:12. > :26:20.possible to qualify. So I will do my best to qualify because I need
:26:20. > :26:23.to. Rowing demands more than just determination. Haider needs to
:26:23. > :26:33.improve his technique and his tactics and he now has a European
:26:33. > :26:37.
:26:37. > :26:40.coach to help him. He is realistic about his chances. I know he will
:26:40. > :26:44.not be Olympic champion, he will not get to the final, but is it
:26:44. > :26:48.possible that he improves so far that he can reach it by his own
:26:48. > :26:51.means? This is important for me, if he is then in London, my mission is
:26:51. > :26:53.accomplished. On the face of it, the challenge is almost too great,
:26:53. > :27:01.but there are other examples within the rowing fraternity that Haider
:27:01. > :27:04.can take heart from. There's been a lot of help going into Iraq from
:27:04. > :27:07.different parties around the world, which has caused them to become
:27:07. > :27:09.really motivated and given them the opportunity to train abroad, to
:27:09. > :27:13.improve themselves and to participate at a reasonable level -
:27:13. > :27:16.a good standard at the international level. This has been
:27:16. > :27:22.a model for the others, a model we can show other countries how it can
:27:23. > :27:26.happen, how you can reach the international level. Obviously
:27:26. > :27:31.every athlete wants to win their races, but for Haider it's about
:27:31. > :27:41.much more even then that. Racing on the world stage is a sign that Iraq
:27:41. > :27:47.is finally emerging from the The result isn't entirely
:27:47. > :27:50.unexpected - Haider finishes in the bottom group of scullers. He hasn't
:27:50. > :27:53.secured his Olympic qualification, but his best chance for that will
:27:53. > :27:56.come in early 2012. That's six more months of training, inspired by the
:27:56. > :28:06.lessons of these championships and one of the most beautiful rowing
:28:06. > :28:07.
:28:07. > :28:11.That's it for this edition, but our website contains all the report of
:28:11. > :28:13.our 26 athletes that we're tracking on World Olympic Dreams - just go
:28:13. > :28:23.to bbc.co.uk/london2012 and look out for the next edition of British
:28:23. > :28:27.
:28:27. > :28:31.Olympic Dream on Saturday 17th Coming up next time on World
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