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AP with JMD quotes: Gadhafi demise revives Libya's Olympic dreams

AP with JMD quotes: Gadhafi demise revives Libya's Olympic dreams

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Nov 18, 2011
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AP with JMD quotes: Gadhafi demise revives Libya's Olympic dreams
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By KARIN LAUB

The Associated Press

Moammar Gadhafi decreed that no one should be a star, and top athletes were woefully neglected during his four-decade rule.

As a result, oil-rich Libya never won an Olympic medal and ranked near the bottom in athletic competition with other Mediterranean countries that had far fewer resources, including neighbouring Tunis…

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