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You say velo, we say bike shed

Perhaps the competitive spirit is settling in a bit too well among Olympics viewers, reports the Sun. An email sent to the BBC - and read out on air yesterday during cycling coverage - said: "I wish we'd stop calling this arena by the French word 'velodrome' and start using the English term instead - 'bike shed'."

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