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Odyssey Becalmed

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Everything has come to a standstill. The Comms. Team is in disarray. The master planners are dismayed. Gareth Blacker has been suspended. Tom Russell has gone.

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Evans, G. (2016). Odyssey Becalmed. In: London's Olympic Legacy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-29073-1_5

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