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In former rebel camp, Somali athletes eye London

• Four Somali athletes competing for two places
• Training ground was rebel camp until 2011
• Olympic bid run on a shoestring
• Running for pride, not medals

Training in a bullet-riddled stadium where the remains of a rocket propelled grenade lies discarded on the track's edge counts as progress for Somali Olympic hopeful Mohamed Hassan Mohamed.

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