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All sports are different and have different traditions, but many people perhaps expect Olympic athletes to be removed from reality a little, perhaps like premiership footballers, only to be found far away from the public or in the VIP area in clubs. Today's evidence show's nothing is further from the truth.

I've also seen athletes from Russia and other countries exploring Beijing on the subway system, in fact that reminds me, at Archery earlier in the week the successful Russian athlete was to be found mingling with the crowd. Athlete seating areas at different venues also mean that spectators and athletes are almost side by side in some circumstances, rather than covered by a very obvious security balloon.



Of course this is a sports event, but its good to see that the elite performers are still very accessible to their supporters in a way that is not always visible in higher profile sports back home.