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Why athletes wear coloured tape

Italian striker, Mario Balotelli wearing blue [tape Photo:Reuters]

In the Euro 2012 Championship, Italian striker Mario Balotelli was sporting three tramlines of blue sticky tape on his back.

And at Wimbledon, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has had his elbow patched up with the same stuff.

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