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Calling All Tall Brits - Your Country Needs You
Are you tall? Are you British? If someone threw you a ball, would you catch it? If you answered "Yes" to all these questions, you might be able to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
The "Sporting Giants" project is recruiting tall people to join the British Olympic team...even if they have no experience whatsoever in competitive sports. The lads have to be at least 6 feet 3 inches, the gals 5 feet 11 inches. So far, more than 3,800 people have applied and around 50 have been placed into training programs for sports like rowing, handball and volleyball.
"I had never even seen a handball court before Sporting Giants," 25-year-old Stuart Campbell said. "But we're not just here to make up the numbers -- we're here to win medals."