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Team Jamaica enjoying downtime before Olympic 2012 races

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7 August, 2012

Team Jamaica shot some videos of their downtime in the lead up to their Olympic 2012 events.

Hosted by Usain Bolt with 200m runner Warren Weir as the cameraman, the team show off their clothes and have a laugh.

Below is a video of the team arriving in London for the Olympic games where apparently their bus was checked for weed.




Watch what Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have to say about their experience.

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