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Well, I'm halfway through this marathon look at some of the stories and athletes that have made the Olympic Games the joy to watch that they are.

And before we get to Beijing, we've got Dame Kelly, Sir Steve, teenage medallists, Flying Finns and the most farcical marathon ever run at the Olympics to get through.

But what better way to mark 50 days to the opening ceremony than with another Olympic legend -

Now the vacant expressions that filled the faces of my colleagues when I mentioned his name suggested I may be better off looking for another Olympian.

But Korzeniowski (harder to type than say) is the only triple winner of the men's 50km walk and I'm sticking with him.

He started his hat-trick at the 1996 Atlanta Games, but really hit the headlines in Sydney four years later when he became the first person to win the 50km and 20km double.

After his third win in Athens, Korzeniowski, who also won three world championship titles over 50km and held the world record between 2002-06, called it quits and

Racewalking is not that big in this country, but it didn't always used to be the case.

Thomas Green won gold at the 1932 Games - the first time the race had been included, while Harold Whitlock repeated the feat four years later in Berlin.

Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson added a bronze to the tally at the 1948 London Games and in doing so became the oldest athlete to win a medal at the age of 48 years and 15 days.

In 1960, Don Thompson triumphed in the 50km walk to join swimmer as Britian's only gold medal winners in Rome, while Stanley Vickers picked up a bronze in the 20km race.

Kenneth Matthews became Britain's last walking winner when he won 20km gold in 1964 while Paul Nihill took silver in the 50km.

Since then, the cupboard has been bare.

Now I'm not going to ask for your selection to succeed Korzeniowski as 50km walk champion, unless you are of course a racewalking expert.

But as it's an athletics blog, let's have your predictions for GB gold medallists in Beijing.