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Tue May 8, 2012, 11:21 AM May 2012

Greek Olympic athletes train through austerity (video)

In Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics, top athletes are feeling the strain of harsh economic realities. The CBC's Ioanna Roumeliotis reports on how Greek athletes are training on a shoestring budget in the lead up to the London Olympics.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/05/07/greece-olympics-budget.html

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