August is Olympic

[Sweder]

Here they come, the games of the pharmaceutical Olympiad.
Cynicism runs higher than the pulse of Rio's steamy street life. Athletes glance at one another, wondering if they're about to be mugged, not in the dark corners of the Copacabana but right here on the brightly-lit start line.

In the midst of all the hullabaloo about Zika, WADA and state-sponsored larceny, lands a tale to boost the flagging Olympic spirit. Not only is this story forged on the mean streets of Lewes, host of the legendary Twitten Run, Pea-Rolling and best known for burning everyone and everything once a year, this glimmer of joy was made possible by the very ordinary people of Lewes AC, aided and abetted by funds raised by our very own Moyleman.

Daily Telegraph chief sports writer Paul Hayward takes up the story ...

Crowd funding makes Olympic Dream a reality