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World Service,2 mins

What does it take to be an Olympian?

Today In Rio

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This is the topic of conversation between Melissa Tapper - an Australian table tennis player who's appearing in both the Olympics and Para-Olympics and the father of Fiona Doyle - an Irish swimmer who's competing in the 200m breast-stroke. (Picture: Pole vaulter; Credit: iStock)

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