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Hoy suffers in silence after record effort
After an uncomfortable night when 72 hours of chronic fatigue and delayed altitude sickness finally caught up with him, Chris Hoy, the man who smashed the record for the 'flying' 500 metres, headed to Lake Titicaca yesterday on his first proper day off this year. The highest navigable water in the world is not a bad place to plot your future. (17/05) Read
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