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The Daily Mirror meets the smallest team at the Bejing Olympics
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The Daily Mirror took an entire Olympic team out to dinner last night. It was a table for three. The Caribbean island of Dominica has just two athletes competing in Beijing which is the smallest team at the Games.
But sprinters Chris Lloyd, 27, and Erison Hurtault, 23, embody the Olympic ideal. The duo stood proudly with their tiny nation’s coach and flag bearer Jerome Romain at the opening ceremony.
Behind them were China’s 639 competitors, their biggest team ever. Team America stood 600- strong nearby. But Chris, brought up in the US by Dominican parents Juliette and Victorie, is determined to put the minnows on the map in the 200 metres. Continue Reading>>
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