Let's Peel the 'Plastic' Label off Team GB's Foreign-born Athletes
Josh Cowls
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Posted 19.09.2012
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UK Sport
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Make no mistake: the failure of G4S to provide the requisite security staff is a true debacle, and lampooning a pitiful British summer has always been fair game. But one of the less helpful stories to have emerged in recent weeks is the discussion of so-called 'Plastic Brits': members of the British Olympic team who were born overseas.
