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Here    7 Olympic Athletes   8/7/2012 10:20 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Breaking News         No Avatar   I'm honestly surprised we
haven't heard the same story about athletes from North Korea.
I'm guessing what keeps them from defecting is the threat of
what would be done to the families they left behind if they
defected. Heck, N. Korea already 'punishes' it's athletes who
don't bring home medals by sending them to work camps.  499 days
ago   Once again proving that freedom is the most valuable
commodity.  499 days ago   Well, do some research on Cameroon,
and you'll see why they would want to leave. Great Britain used
to govern part of the country which is now in high poverty and
are being alienated from the Cameroon government. I don't blame
them for trying to seek asylum!  499 days ago   They must have
incredibly hard lives to give up their Olympic dreams in favor
of having better futures elsewhere. I hope they receive asylum
and aren't returned to the