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Christine Ohuruogu wants to run at the Olympics in 2012
by Ana Maria Ciobanu

Commonwealth Games 400 meters champion Christine Ohuruogu is ready to do anything it takes to fulfill her dream of competing at the Olympic Games. The 23 year old Briton athlete has just completed a one-year suspension for failing three drug tests and is now included in the Great Britain team for the World Championships in Osaka. The World Championships happen each two years but the Olympic Games are each athlete's dream and perhaps a once in a lifetime opportunity. Christine Ohuruogu might not be able to participate at the Olympics because the British Olympic Association has very strict rules about athletes with stories related to drugs. The regulations prohibit an athlete who has served a drugs-related ban to participate at the Olympic Games. The athlete has filed in an appeal but is aware she may have to find another way of getting to compete at her home Olympics in 2012. She has stated that she's given thought to competing for another country if her appeal will be rejected. Would this be fair? Of course the Olympic Games are every athlete's dream but those regulations aren't there just to be broken or avoided by changing your country. Athletes who participate at the Olympic Games have a higher goal than just winning for themselves; they're competing and representing their countries. What is the meaning of "country" for Christine Ohuruogu if she's willing to give it up?

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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