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Decathlete Dean Macey in the zone Around the Academy:  Dean
Macey gets excited at the Edmonton World Championships Dean gets
fully pumped up for competition Dean Macey is going for Olympic
gold in Athens in the decathlon. Does he get nervous?  Dean
Macey talks to BBC Sport Academy  I probably get more nervous
than anybody because I can't imagine how anyone can get more
nervous than me.  Even having competed at the Sydney Olympics
and at two World Championships.  But I just say to myself 'this
is what I do for a living, this is why I am here, I am good at
this, let's do it'.  You just have to think that the next guy is
as nervous as you and you can beat him.  Relaxing's the game  I
get really nervous up until the day before, but on the first day
of competition I wake up and I mean business.  You have to
harness your energy but you ca