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Last week marked the first anniversary of London鈥檚 victorious bid for the 2012 Olympics, and 性吧电台 noted that there were six years and three weeks to go until the opening ceremony. This may not be long enough for Jonathan Phillips. Phillips, also known as 鈥�2012 Olympic Competitor鈥�, is writing a blog () about his quest to appear in the 2012 Games, and it seems that he鈥檚 going to have to put every second of that six years and three weeks (actually, make that two weeks) aside for training. His problem is that, as he himself admits, he has 鈥渧ery little sporting talent鈥�. With this in mind, the 33-year-old Phillips has decided to make himself open to offers from from any country, in any sport. 鈥淎s things currently stand,鈥� he writes, 鈥淚 suspect that archery is my best chance of competing, as it鈥檚 isn鈥檛 dangerous, doesn鈥檛 involve leotards and it isn鈥檛 a fitness-based sport.鈥�

A recent entry finds him pondering the merits of Paraguay, based on the facts that a) its population is 鈥渙nly 6 million people and 13 million llamas鈥� and b) they鈥檝e only ever won one Olympic medal, 鈥渟o they look desperate for some sporting success鈥�. As 性吧电台 went to press, the Paraguay Olympic Association had not been in touch.

Phillips is adamant that this is a serious bid and has committed himself to raising a huge amount of money for charity on the back of it, so it may be worth looking out for a suspiciously pasty-looking 39 year old proudly flying the flag for Aruba in the 2012 opening ceremony.

The indomitable spirit of British amateur sport is alive and well elsewhere in cyberspace. Take the illuminating for example, while the Daily Rivet ( 鈥淎mateur cricket 鈥� proper cricket for proper people鈥�) shows the kind of never-say-die attitude and commitment to gruelling training regimes that will stand Phillips in good stead in his bid for Olympic immortality.

Admittedly, most entries in the Rivet (鈥淭he official organ of the Lord Toad鈥檚 XI, playing their cricket the length and breadth of the New Forest鈥�) seem more concerned with the quality of pub lunches the length and breadth of the New Forest than with any actual sport. One entry consists of a heartfelt and expletive-ridden 600-word tirade about a coronation chicken baguette (鈥渉alf a gallon of coloured mayonnaise with the consistency of watered-down water and four small cubes of what was supposedly chicken鈥�) before a brief match summary.

This is the Corinthian spirit that won back the Ashes, after only 20 years. It certainly underpins the Olympic ideal and will doubtless propel Phillips to glory in 2012. (Obviously, the multibillion-pound Olympic construction programme may require slightly higher standards of professionalism)