Janey Cotton's recent and riveting book "The Austerity Olympics" describes a country and a sports culture that would seem primitive not only to Jessica Ennis, Britain's 2012 heptathlete hopeful, but also to Milo of Croton, who won six titles at consecutive Olympics in the sixth century BC.

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These seemingly inconsequential events could also impact on Milo's later life and development in the game, he said.

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Oh yeah, Milo also has Down syndrome.

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The eight-month old organization has announced multi-million dollar investment from the Founder Collective, which has also funded Makerbot, Milo and Uber.

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We gave Special Mentions to Mitthijs Hoekstra, Michael Sampson, Ant Clay, Spencer Harbar, Richard Harbridge and Milo Riano because they also stood out as influencers and nearly made the list this year.

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